Fusion energy from plasma block ignition

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 423-432

  Hora, H ^a   Badziak, J ^b   Glowacz, S ^b,c   Jablonski, S ^b,c   Skladanowski, Z ^b   Osman, F ^c   Cang, Yu ^c,d   Zhang, Jie ^d   Miley, G H ^e   Peng, Hansheng ^f   Xiantu, H E ^g   Zhang, Weiyan ^f   Rohlena, K ^h   Ullschmied, J ^h   Jungwirth, K ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^f RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

^g INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS AND COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS   (China)

^h INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Fusion energy; Laser fusion; Nonlinear force; Plasma block ignition; Ponderomotion; Skin layer acceleration

Indexed keywords

FUSION ENERGY; NONLINEAR FORCE; PLASMA BLOCK IGNITION; PONDEROMOTION; SKIN LAYER ACCELERATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEUTERIUM; FUSION REACTIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LASER FUSION; LASER PULSES; TRITIUM;

PLASMAS;

EID: 33644880489     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034605050603     Document Type: Conference Paper

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