New aspects for fusion energy using inertial confinement

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-45

  Hora, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effect without self focusing; Fast igniter; Fusion energy; ITER and JET; Laser driven ICF; Laser driven very high ion densities; Nonlinear effects; Plasma block (piston) ignition of low density DT; Volume ignition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; IRRADIATION; LASER PULSES; PARTICLE BEAMS;

EFFECT WITHOUT SELF FOCUSING; FAST IGNITERS; FUSION ENERGY; LASER DRIVEN ICF; LASER DRIVEN VERY HIGH ION DENSITIES; NONLINEAR EFFECTS; PLASMA BLOCK (PISTON) IGNITION OF LOW DENSITY DT; VOLUME IGNITION;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 33947399800     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034607070073     Document Type: Article

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