Capsule-areal-density asymmetries inferred from 14.7-MeV deuterium-helium protons in direct-drive OMEGA implosions

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 1919-1924

  Li, C K ^a   Seguin F H ^a   Frenje, J A ^a   Petrasso, R D ^a,b   Rygg, R ^a   Kurebayashi, S ^a   Schwartz, B ^a   Keck, R L ^b   Delettrez, J A ^b   Soures, J M ^b   McKenty, P W ^b   Goncharov, V N ^b,c   Knauer, J P ^b   Marshall, F J ^b   Meyerhofer, D D ^b,c   Radha, P B ^b   Regan, S P ^b   Sangster, T C ^b   Seka, W ^b   Stoeckl, C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; PLASMAS; SPECTROMETERS;

CAPSULE-AREAL-DENSITY ASYMMETRIES;

PROTONS;

EID: 0037620326     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1556602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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