Fundamental issues in fast ignition physics: From relativistic electron generation to proton driven ignition

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 362-368

  Macchi, A ^a   Antonicci, A ^a,b   Atzeni, S ^c   Batani, D ^d   Califano, F ^a   Cornolti, F ^a   Honrubia, J J ^b   Lisseikina, T V ^a   Pegoraro, F ^a   Temporal, M ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; IGNITION; LASER PULSES; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PROTONS; TARGETS;

RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 0037644827     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/43/5/309     Document Type: Article

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