Z-pinch-driven fast ignition fusion studies at sandia national laboratories

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 374-383

  Slutz, S A ^a   Vesey, R A ^a   Hanson, D L ^a   Campbell, R B ^a   Cuneo, M E ^a   Mehlhorn, T A ^a   Porter, J L ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast ignition; Fusion; Pulsed power

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; ANALYTIC EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUEL OILS; FUSION REACTIONS; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; X RAYS;

FAST IGNITION; PULSED POWERS; PULSED-POWER MACHINES; Z-BEAMLET LASERS (ZBL);

IGNITION;

EID: 33646725441     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST06-A1156     Document Type: Article

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