Convergent ablator performance measurements

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Hicks, D G ^a   Spears, B K ^a   Braun, D G ^a   Olson, R E ^b   Sorce, C M ^a   Celliers, P M ^a   Collins, G W ^a   Landen, O L ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABEL INVERSION; ABLATION PRESSURE; ABLATORS; AREAL DENSITIES; CONFINED FUSION; CRITICAL METRICS; DENSITY PROFILE; ILL POSED; INTENSITY PROFILES; MASS ABLATION; NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; OBJECT SPACE; OMEGA LASER FACILITY; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; REGULARIZATION TECHNIQUE; TIME STEP; TIME-RESOLVED; X-RAY ATTENUATION;

ABLATION; IGNITION;

RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 78149273904     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3486536     Document Type: Article

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