The physics issues that determine inertial confinement fusion target gain and driver requirements: A tutorial

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1690-1699

  Rosen, Mordecai D ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPLOSIONS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; INERTIAL FUSION DRIVERS; LASER TARGETS; PLASMA SIMULATION

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009319792     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: 10897674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.873427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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