Motivation and fabrication methods for inertial confinement fusion and inertial fusion energy targets

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 505-509

  Borisenko, N G ^a   Akunets, A A ^a   Bushuev, V S ^a   Dorogotovtsev, V M ^a   Merkuliev, Yu A ^a  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ignition; Plasma; Target design; Target fabrication

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BERYLLIUM; CRYOGENICS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ISOTOPES; LASER APPLICATIONS; MULTILAYERS; PLASMAS; X RAYS;

LASER ILLUMINATION; TARGET DESIGN; TARGET FABRICATION;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 2442419249     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026303460321404X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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