On the efficacy of imploding plasma liners for magnetized fusion target compression

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Parks, P B ^a  

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; ADIABATIC INDICES; COMPRESSIONAL HEATING; CONVERGENCE (MATHEMATICS); CURRENT TRENDS; DEUTERIUM-TRITIUM (D-T); FUSION RESEARCH; IN ORDER; INITIAL VELOCITIES; INTERNATIONAL (CO); MAGNETIZED PLASMAS; MAGNETIZED TARGET FUSION (MTF); NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (CNR); RADIATIVE COOLING; SPHERICAL ARRAY; SPHERICAL(PIVOT); SPHEROIDAL GEOMETRY; STRONG COUPLINGS;

EID: 46349095462     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2948346     Document Type: Article

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