Fast ignition: Overview and background

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 254-277

  Tabak, Max ^a   Hinkel, Denise ^a   Atzeni, Stefano ^b,c   Campbell, E Michael ^d   Tanaka, Kazuo ^e  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INFM   (Italy)

^d GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fast ignition; Hydrodynamics; Inertial fusion

Indexed keywords

FUELS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; IGNITION; QUENCHING; TRITIUM;

CONVERGENT FLOWS; FAST IGNITION; INERTIAL FUSION; INTEGRATED GAIN MODELS;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 33646722819     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST49-3-254     Document Type: Article

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