Density gradient effects on beam plasma linear instabilities for fast ignition scenario

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-273

  Bret, Antoine ^a   Deutsch, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Fast ignition scenario; Filamentation Instability; Two Stream Instability

Indexed keywords

FAST IGNITION SCENARIO; FILAMENTATION INSTABILITY; TWO-STREAM INSTABILITY;

ELECTRON BEAMS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA STABILITY;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EID: 33745655386     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034606060411     Document Type: Conference Paper

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