The US inertial confinement fusion (ICF) ignition programme and the inertial fusion energy (IFE) programme

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 45, Issue 12 A, 2003, Pages

  Lindl, J D ^a   Hammel, B A ^a   Grant Logan, B ^b   Meyerhofer, David D ^c   Payne, S A ^a   Sethian, John D ^d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; ION BEAMS; LASER APPLICATIONS; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA HEATING;

IGNITION PROGRAMME; INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY; LASER MEGAJOULE;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 0346396529     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/45/12A/015     Document Type: Article

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