Fast ignition inertial fusion: An introduction and preview

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 249-253

  Campbell, E Michael ^a   Freeman, Richard R ^b   Tanaka, Kazuo A ^c  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fast ignition; Inertial fusion

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; IGNITION; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION;

FAST IGNITION; FAST IGNITION INERTIAL FUSION; INERTIAL FUSION; SYNOPSIS;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 33646716211     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST06-A1147     Document Type: Article

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