PROSPECTS FOR DEMONSTRATING DOUBLE-SHELL IGNITION ON THE NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY

Amendt, Peter; Cerjan, Charlie; Milovich, Jose; Robey, Harry

doi:10.1063/1.3204581

Title: PROSPECTS FOR DEMONSTRATING DOUBLE-SHELL IGNITION ON THE NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY

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Amendt, Peter; Cerjan, Charlie; Milovich, Jose; Robey, Harry ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551 (United States)

Publication Date:: Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI Identifier:: 21344364

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: AIP Conference Proceedings

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 1154; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 7. symposium on current trends in international fusion research, Washington, DC (United States), 5-9 Mar 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3204581; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; CRYOGENICS; ICF DEVICES; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; LASER FUSION REACTORS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; THERMONUCLEAR IGNITION; US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY; CONFINEMENT; LASERS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; SOLID STATE LASERS; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS

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                    Amendt, Peter, Cerjan, Charlie, Milovich, Jose, and Robey, Harry. PROSPECTS FOR DEMONSTRATING DOUBLE-SHELL IGNITION ON THE NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY.  United States: N. p., 2009. 
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                    Amendt, Peter, Cerjan, Charlie, Milovich, Jose, & Robey, Harry. PROSPECTS FOR DEMONSTRATING DOUBLE-SHELL IGNITION ON THE NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3204581

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                    Amendt, Peter, Cerjan, Charlie, Milovich, Jose, and Robey, Harry. 2009.  
        "PROSPECTS FOR DEMONSTRATING DOUBLE-SHELL IGNITION ON THE NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3204581.

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  title        = {PROSPECTS FOR DEMONSTRATING DOUBLE-SHELL IGNITION ON THE NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY},

  author       = {Amendt, Peter and Cerjan, Charlie and Milovich, Jose and Robey, Harry},

  abstractNote = {No abstract prepared.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.3204581},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21344364},
  journal      = {AIP Conference Proceedings},

  issn         = {0094-243X},

  number       = 1,

  volume       = 1154,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2009},

  month        = {Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2009}

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