The saturn target for polar direct drive on the national ignition facility

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Craxton, R S ^a   Jacobs Perkins, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER RINGS; LASER TEMPORAL PULSE; NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; SATURN TARGET;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOGENICS; DEUTERIUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFRACTION; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; OPTIMIZATION;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 18144394326     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.095002     Document Type: Article

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