Nuclear fusion in gases of deuterium clusters heated with a femtosecond laser

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1993-1998

  Ditmire, T ^a   Zweiback, J ^a   Yanovsky, V P ^a   Cowan, T E ^a   Hays, G ^a   Wharton, K B ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ATOMIC CLUSTERS; DEUTERIUM; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; LASER FUSION REACTORS; LASER RADIATION; NEUTRONS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872192335     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: 10897674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.874020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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