Ignition on the National Ignition Facility: A path towards inertial fusion energy

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Moses, Edward I ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS; CRYOGENIC TARGETS; DEUTERIUM-TRITIUM FUELS; DIVERSE FIELDS; ENERGY GAIN; ENERGY OPTIONS; FAST IGNITION; FUNDAMENTAL WAVELENGTH; FUSION ENERGY; FUSION IGNITION; GENERAL ATOMICS; GLASS LASERS; HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES; HIGH PROBABILITY; HOT SPOT; INDIRECT-DRIVE; INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY; LASER SYSTEMS; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORIES; LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY; NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; NATIONAL SECURITY; NET ENERGY; NEW YORK; NUCLEAR FUSION; PROJECT COMPLETION; SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS; SPHERICAL FUELS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; THIRD HARMONIC; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER; VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS;

ASTROPHYSICS; DEUTERIUM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EXPERIMENTS; IGNITION; LABORATORIES; LASER FUSION; LASERS; METAL ANALYSIS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PLASMAS; TRITIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 70349084582     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/49/10/104022     Document Type: Article

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