The national ignition facility: Experimental capability

Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 529-534

  Miller, George H ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH-ENERGY-DENSITY (HED); LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY (LINL); NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY (NIF); NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (NNSA);

BACKSCATTERING; DEUTERIUM; HYDRODYNAMICS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; X RAYS;

ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

EID: 11144253431     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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