Idealized slab plasma approach for the study of warm dense matter

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 527-537

  Ng, A ^a,b   Ao, T ^b   Perrot, F ^c   Dharma Wardana, M W C ^d   Foord, M E ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CEA DIF   (France)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

High pressure science; Numerical simulations; Plasma physics; Quotidian equation of state; Warm dense matter

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; SLAB PLASMA; WARM DENSE MATTER;

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; IONIZATION;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 33644882733     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034605050718     Document Type: Conference Paper

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