PROGRESS TOWARD UNDERSTANDING MAGNETIZED TARGET FUSION (MTF)

KIRKPATRICK, R C; LINDEMUTH, I R

Title: PROGRESS TOWARD UNDERSTANDING MAGNETIZED TARGET FUSION (MTF)

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Authors:: KIRKPATRICK, R C; LINDEMUTH, I R

Publication Date:: Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001

Research Org.:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: US Department of Energy (US)

OSTI Identifier:: 786908

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-01-5310
TRN: US200306%%170

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-36

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Conference title not supplied, Conference location not supplied, Conference dates not supplied; Other Information: PBD: 1 Sep 2001

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; MAGNETIZATION; TARGETS; LANL

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                    KIRKPATRICK, R C, LINDEMUTH, I R, and ET AL. PROGRESS TOWARD UNDERSTANDING MAGNETIZED TARGET FUSION (MTF).  United States: N. p., 2001. 
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                    KIRKPATRICK, R C, LINDEMUTH, I R, & ET AL. PROGRESS TOWARD UNDERSTANDING MAGNETIZED TARGET FUSION (MTF).  United States.

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                    KIRKPATRICK, R C, LINDEMUTH, I R, and ET AL. 2001.  
        "PROGRESS TOWARD UNDERSTANDING MAGNETIZED TARGET FUSION (MTF)".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/786908.

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