Laser targets compensate for limitations in inertial confinement fusion drivers

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 475-482

  Kilkenny, J D ^a   Alexander, N B ^a   Nikroo, A ^a   Steinman, D A ^a   Nobile, A ^b   Bernat, T ^c   Cook, R ^c   Letts, S ^c   Takagi, M ^c   Harding, D ^d  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inertial confinement; Inertial fusion; Targets

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMIC COMPUTER CODES;

DESIGN; FABRICATION; LASERS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TARGETS;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 33644908464     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034605050664     Document Type: Conference Paper

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