On the utility of antiprotons as drivers for inertial confinement fusion

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1097-1117

  Perkins, L John ^a   Orth, Charles D ^a   Tabak, Max ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; HEAVY METALS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANTIPROTONS; ENERGY CONTENT; SOLID ANGLES; SPECIFIC ENERGY;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION;

EID: 7544237622     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/44/10/004     Document Type: Article

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