Overview of ignition conditions and gain curves for the fast ignitor

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 47, Issue 12 B, 2005, Pages

  Atzeni, Stefano ^a   Tabak, Max ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GAIN MODELS; IGNITION BEAM; LASER ENERGY;

IGNITION;

EID: 27744593446     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/47/12B/S58     Document Type: Conference Paper

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