Subignition fusion yields generated by fast heating of compressed deuterium-tritium and break-even scaling

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3483-3490

  Slutz, S A ^a   Vesey, R A ^a   Shoemaker, I ^a   Mehlhorn, T A ^a   Cochrane, K ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b KTECH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAK-EVEN SCALING; FUSION YIELDS; PULSE LENGTH; SELF-HEATING;

AMPLIFICATION; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; FUNCTIONS; HEAT RADIATION; HEATING; IGNITION; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; LASER BEAMS; NEUTRONS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRITIUM;

DEUTERIUM;

EID: 3142777741     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1753574     Document Type: Article

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