Some problems related to heating the compressed thermonuclear fuel through the cone

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 456-467

  Shmatov, Mikhail L ^a  

^a IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cones; Cumulative phenomena; Fast ignition

Indexed keywords

HEATING; IGNITION; LASER BEAMS; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; POSITIVE IONS; PROTONS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS;

THERMONUCLEAR FUELS;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 0038639058     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST03-A291     Document Type: Conference Paper

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