Ray-based calculations of backscatter in laser fusion targets

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Strozzi, D J ^a   Williams, E A ^a   Hinkel, D E ^a   Froula, D H ^a   London, R A ^a   Callahan, D A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CODES (SYMBOLS); DAMPING; FUSION REACTIONS; IGNITION; LASER FUSION; LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA WAVES; PLASMAS; REFLECTION; RHENIUM; SPECKLE; TARGETS;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG EMISSIONS; BRILLOUIN; CAMPBELL; COUPLING COEFFICIENTS; DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; FUSION TARGETS; IGNITION DESIGNS; INHOMOGENEOUS PLASMAS; LASER SPECKLES; LINEAR GAINS; NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITIES; NUMERICAL CODES; OMEGA LASERS; PARAXIAL PROPAGATIONS; PHASE CONJUGATIONS; PUMP DEPLETIONS; RADIATION TEMPERATURES; RAMAN BACKSCATTERS; RAMAN LIGHTS; STEADY-STATE MODELS; STRONG DAMPING; THOMSON SCATTERINGS; UPPER BOUNDS;

MODAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 55149114228     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2992522     Document Type: Article

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