Hohlraum-driven ignitionlike double-shell implosions on the omega laser facility

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Amendt, Peter A ^a   Robey, Harry F ^a   Park, H S ^a   Tipton, R E ^a   Turner, R E ^a   Milovich, J L ^a   Bono, M ^a   Hibbard, R ^a   Louis, H ^a   Wallace, R ^a   Glebov, V Yu ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE-SHELL IMPLOSIONS; ENERGY GAIN; NANOCRYOGENIC IGNITION; PARAMETRIC INSTABILITY; X-RAY IMAGING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NEUTRONS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; X RAYS;

LASERS;

EID: 18144422785     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.065004     Document Type: Article

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