Optimization of cone target geometry for fast ignition

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Nakamura, Tatsufumi ^a   Sakagami, Hitoshi ^b   Johzaki, Tomoyuki ^a   Nagatomo, Hideo ^a   Mima, Kunioki ^a   Koga, James ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; IGNITION; IRRADIATION; LASER PULSES; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CONE GEOMETRY; ELECTRON ACCELERATION;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

EID: 36049002248     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2789561     Document Type: Article

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