Effects of nonuniform illumination on implosion asymmetry in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Li, C K ^a   Seguin F H ^a   Frenje, J A ^a   Petrasso, R D ^a,b   Delettrez, J A ^b   McKenty, P W ^b   Sangster, T C ^b   Keck, R L ^b   Soures, J M ^b   Marshall, F J ^b   Meyerhofer, D D ^b,c   Goncharov, V N ^b   Knauer, J P ^b   Radha, P B ^b   Regan, S P ^b   Seka, W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BIREFRINGENCE; CHARGED PARTICLES; COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOGENICS; DECELERATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTEGRATION; LASER BEAMS; LIGHTING; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SHOCK WAVES;

LASER INTENSITIES; PROTON ENERGIES; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR (RT) INSTABILITIES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE (RMS) VARIATIONS;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 18544407085     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.205001     Document Type: Article

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