Direct-indirect mixture implosion in heavy ion fusion

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 359-369

  Someya, Tetsuo ^a   Miyazawa, Kentarou ^a   Kikuchi, Takashi ^a   Kawata, Shigeo ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heavy ion beam; Implosion non uniformity; Inertial confinement fusion; Pellet gain; Radiation transport

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAVY IONS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; IONIZING RADIATION; PELLETIZING;

DIRECT INDIRECT MIXTURE IMPLOSION; IMPLOSION MODE; PELLET GAIN; RADIATION TRANSPORT;

ION BEAMS;

EID: 33750195312     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034606060526     Document Type: Conference Paper

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