Inertially confined plasma in an imploding bubble

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 598-601

  Flannigan, David J ^a   Suslick, Kenneth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CAVITATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; LIGHT EMISSION; SONOCHEMISTRY; SONOLUMINESCENCE; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS;

ACOUSTIC CAVITATIONS; BROADENING PARAMETERS; DEGREE OF IONIZATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PLASMA ELECTRON DENSITY; SINGLE-BUBBLE SONOLUMINESCENCE; THERMONUCLEAR FUSION; TRANSIENT CONDITIONS;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 77955279683     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1701     Document Type: Article

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