Heavy Ion Beam Illumination Uniformity in Heavy Ion Beam Inertial Confinement Fusion

The transactions of the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan.A

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-90

  Someya, Tetsuo ^a   Ogoyski, Aleksandar ^a   Kawata, Shigeo ^a   Sasaki, Toru ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

heavy ion beam; inertial confinement fusion; non uniformity; stopping power

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009547689     PISSN: 03854205     EISSN: 13475533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejfms.124.85     Document Type: Article

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