Thermal stability of helium-vacancy clusters and bubble formation - Multiscale modeling approach for fusion materials development

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 441-445

  Morishita, Kazunori ^a   Sugano, Ryuichiro ^a   Wirth, Brian D ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HELIUM; IRON; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION DAMAGE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

HELIUM TO VACANCY RATIO; HELIUM VACANCY CLUSTERS; MULTISCALE MODELING;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 0042287813     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST03-A374     Document Type: Article

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