Measures to provide survival of the direct drive and fast ignition, direct compression targets in the reaction chamber

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 312-320

  Shmatov, Mikhail L ^a   Petzoldt, Ronald W ^b   Valmianski, Emanuil I ^c  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^c Independent Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct drive; Fast ignition; Reaction chamber

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GASES; IGNITION; NUCLEAR FUELS; TARGETS; THERMAL INSULATION;

REACTION CHAMBERS;

THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS;

EID: 0037624724     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST03-A272     Document Type: Conference Paper

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