Fast ignition by intense laser-accelerated proton beams

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 436-439

  Roth, M ^a,b   Cowan, T E ^a,c   Key, M H ^a   Hatchett, S P ^a   Brown, C ^a   Fountain, W ^d   Johnson, J ^d   Pennington, D M ^a   Snavely, R A ^a   Wilks, S C ^a   Yasuike, K ^e   Ruhl, H ^f   Pegoraro, F ^g   Bulanov, S V ^h   Campbell, E M ^a,c   Perry, M D ^a,c   Powell, H ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^g INFM   (Italy)

^h PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; EXTRAPOLATION; IGNITION; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; IONS; IRRADIATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PROTONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FAST IGNITION; IGNITION SPARK; LASER ACCELERATED PROTON BEAMS; LASER ACCELERATION;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 0035124219     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.436     Document Type: Article

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