One-megajoule, wetted-foam target-design performance for the National Ignition Facility

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Collins, T J B ^a   Marozas, J A ^a   Betti, R ^a   Harding, D R ^a   McKenty, P W ^a   Radha, P B ^a   Skupsky, S ^a   Goncharov, V N ^a   Knauer, J P ^a   McCrory, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMIC STABILITY; ICE ROUGHNESS; LASER ENERGY;

DEUTERIUM; FOAMED PLASTICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IGNITION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRITIUM; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

PLASMAS;

EID: 34249898338     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2709859     Document Type: Conference Paper

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