Fusion neutron yield from a laser-irradiated heavy-water spray

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Ter Avetisyan, S ^a,b   Schnurer M ^a   Hilscher, D ^c   Jahnke, U ^c   Busch, S ^a   Nickles, P V ^a   Sandner, W ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL RESEARCH   (Armenia)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; EXTRAPOLATION; HEAVY WATER; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER PULSES; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON EMISSION; PROBABILITY;

FUSION NEUTRON YIELD; LASER ENERGY; LASER-IRRADIATED HEAVY WATER; REACTION PROBABILITY;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 20444472370     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1815001     Document Type: Article

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