Fast heating of high-density plasmas with a reentrant cone concept

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 316-326

  Kodama, R ^a   Norreys, P A ^b   Sentoku, Y ^c   Campbell, R B ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone shell; Fast heating; Fast ignition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; HEATING; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IGNITION; LASER BEAMS; REENTRY;

CONE SHELLS; FAST HEATING; FAST IGNITION; PARTICLE-IN-CELL (PIC);

PLASMA DENSITY;

EID: 33646721311     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST06-A1151     Document Type: Article

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