Potential of fast ignition and related experiments with a Petawatt laser facility

Journal of Fusion Energy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-236

  Key, M H ^a   Campbell, E M ^a   Cowan, T E ^a   Hatchett, S P ^a   Henry, E A ^a   Koch, J A ^a   Langdon, A B ^a   Lasinski, B F ^a   MacKinnon, A ^a   Offenberger, A A ^b   Pennington, D M ^a   Perry, M D ^a   Phillips, T J ^a   Sangster, T C ^a   Singh, M S ^a   Snavely, R A ^a   Stoyer, M A ^a   Tsukamoto, M ^c   Wharton, K B ^a   Wilks, S C ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEUTERIUM; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON SOURCES; LASER FUSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR FUELS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; TRITIUM;

FAST IGNITION; LASER PLASMA INTERACTION; PETAWATT LASER FACILITY;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 6744266659     PISSN: 01640313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021862430021     Document Type: Article

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