Measured dependence of nuclear burn region size on implosion parameters in inertial confinement fusion experiments

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Seguin F H ^a   Deciantis, J L ^a   Frenje, J A ^a   Li, C K ^a   Rygg, J R ^a   Chen, C D ^a   Petrasso, R D ^a,b   Delettrez, J A ^b   Regan, S P ^b   Smalyuk, V A ^b   Glebov, V Yu ^b   Knauer, J P ^b   Marshall, F J ^b   Meyerhofer, D D ^b,d   Roberts, S ^b   Sangster, T C ^b   Stoeckl, C ^b   Mikaelian, K ^c   Park, H S ^c   Robey, H F ^c   Tipton, R E ^c   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INERTIAL-CONFINEMENT-FUSION IMPLOSIONS; LASER ENERGY; NUCLEAR BURN REGION; SHELL COMPOSITION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT EMISSION; PROTONS;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 33748323376     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2172932     Document Type: Article

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