Laser-guided, intersecting discharge channels for the final beam transport in heavy-ion fusion

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 9470-9476

  Niemann, C ^a,c   Neff, S ^a   Tauschwitz, A ^a   Penache, D ^a   Birkner, R ^a   Constantin, C ^a,c   Knobloch, R ^a   Presura, R ^a,d   Rosmej, F B ^a   Hoffmann, D H H ^a   Yu, S S ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUSION REACTORS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); ION BEAMS; LASER BEAMS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

ION-BEAM TRANSPORT;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 0038820086     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1569395     Document Type: Article

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