Prospects for investigating unusual nuclear reaction environments using the national ignition facility

Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 935-939

  Libby, S B ^a   Tabak, M ^a   Hoffman, R D ^a   Stoyer, M A ^a   Haan, S W ^a   Hatchett, S P ^a   McNabb, D P ^a   Ormand, W E ^a   Escher, J ^a   Navratil, P ^a   Gogny, D ^a   Weiss, M S ^a   Mustafa, M ^a   Backer, J ^a   Younes, W ^a   Hartouni, E ^a   Ward, R A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN REACTION; NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; NEUTRON SOURCE DISTRIBUTION; THERMONUCLEAR PLASMAS;

ASTROPHYSICS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FUSION REACTIONS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IGNITION; IONIZATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUTRONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 19944430534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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