Progress in inertial confinement fusion in the United States

Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3-8

  McCrory, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATOR ROUGHNESS; ATWOOD NUMBER; DIRECT-DRIVE CRYOGENIC IMPLOSIONS; X-RAY-DRIVE TARGETS;

CRYOGENICS; FUSION REACTIONS; NEUTRONS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY LABORATORIES;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 11144306878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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