Holistic simulation for FIREX project with FI3

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 621-629

  Johzaki, T ^a   Sakagami, H ^b   Nagatomo, H ^a   Mima, K ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Core heating; Fast ignition; Integrated simulation; Pre plasma scale length

Indexed keywords

CHARGE DENSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEATING; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PLASMAS;

CORE HEATING; FAST IGNITION; INTEGRATED SIMULATION; PRE-PLASMA SCALE LENGTH;

IGNITION;

EID: 37249071270     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034607000730     Document Type: Article

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