Target injection and tracking for inertial fusion energy

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 32-33, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 113-121

  Petzoldt, Ronald W ^a   Moir, Ralph W ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC TIMING DEVICES; ELECTROSTATICS; FUSION REACTORS; GAS DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PARTICLE BEAM INJECTION; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; TARGETS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

GAS GUNS; HOHLRAUM TARGETS; TARGET INJECTION;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 0030289814     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(96)00458-9     Document Type: Article

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