Hot spot heating process estimate using a laser-accelerated quasi-Maxwellian deuteron beam

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-38

  Yang, Xiaoling ^a   Miley, George H ^a   Flippo, Kirk A ^b   Hora, Heinrich ^c  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bonus energy; Deuteron beam; Fast ignition; Hot spot; Inertial Confinement Fusion

Indexed keywords

BONUS ENERGY; DEUTERON BEAMS; FAST IGNITION; HOT SPOT; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT;

DEUTERIUM; HEATING; ION BEAMS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 84859364480     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034611000656     Document Type: Article

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