Theory of laser-induced adiabat shaping in inertial fusion implosions: The relaxation method

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Betti, R ^a,b   Anderson, K ^a,b   Knauer, J ^a   Collins, T J B ^a   McCrory, R L ^a,b   McKenty, P W ^a   Skupsky, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN FRACTION; FERMI-DEGENERATE PRESSURE; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR GROWTH; SHOCK DECAYS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER ABLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA SHOCK WAVES;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 20844458121     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1856481     Document Type: Article

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