Ion beam inertial fusion target designs

Conference · Wed Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:7284677

Bangerter, R; Meeker, D

A class of ion beam fusion targets consisting of a spherical shell of frozen DT surrounded by a low-density, low-Z pusher and a high-density tamper was designed. These designs have a number of advantages over targets with high-density, high-Z pushers.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 7284677
• Report Number(s): UCRL-78474; CONF-761108-34; TRN: 77-020086
• Resource Relation: Conference: Plasma physics meeting of the American Physical Society, San Francisco, California, United States of America (USA), 15 Nov 1976
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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