The influence of asymmetry on mix in direct-drive inertial confinement fusion experiments

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 5 PART 2, 2004, Pages 2771-2777

  Christensen, C R ^a   Wilson, D C ^a   Barnes, Cris W ^a   Grim, G P ^a   Morgan, G L ^a   Wilke, M D ^a   Marshall, F J ^b   Glebov, V Yu ^b   Stoeckl, C ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC IMPLOSIONS; ASYMMETRIC LASER DRIVES; ION TEMPERATURES; NEUTRON IMAGES;

BINARY CODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONS; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 2942574619     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1690760     Document Type: Conference Paper

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