Laser hole boring and hot electron generation in the fast ignition scheme

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 278-296

  Sentoku, Y ^a   Kruer, W ^b   Matsuoka, M ^c   Pukhov, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron acceleration in plasma channel; Laser hole boring; Relativistic transparency

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; FUSION REACTIONS; IGNITION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAMS; PLASMA DENSITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ELECTRON ACCELERATION IN PLASMA CHANNELS; HOT ELECTRONS; LASER HOLE BORING; RELATIVISTIC TRANSPARENCY;

LASER THEORY;

EID: 33646741737     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST06-A1149     Document Type: Article

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