Temporal optimization of neutron generation from the exploding deuterated methane jet of clusters subjected to an intense laser pulse

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Lu, Haiyang ^a   Liu, Jiansheng ^a   Wang, Cheng ^a   Wang, Wentao ^a   Zhou, Zili ^a   Deng, Aihua ^a   Xia, Changquan ^a   Xu, Yi ^a   Leng, Yuxin ^a   Ni, Guoquan ^a   Li, Ruxin ^a   Xu, Zhizhan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SIZE; CLUSTER SIZES; CONICAL NOZZLE; DEUTERATED METHANES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSE; FUSION NEUTRON YIELD; GAS JET; INCIDENT LASER; INTENSE LASER PULSE; MOLECULAR DENSITY; NUCLEAR FUSION; STEADY REGION; SUPERSONIC JETS; THEORETICAL PREDICTION;

DEUTERIUM; JETS; LASERS; METHANE; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SUPERSONIC AERODYNAMICS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 69849096137     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3211928     Document Type: Article

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