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Title: Kinetic effects on neutron generation in moderately collisional interpenetrating plasma flows

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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  3. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
  4. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  5. Osaka Univ. (Japan). Inst. of Laser Engineering
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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1503576
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1512585
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-752479
Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; AC52-07NA27344; JP15H02154
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 26; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Physics - Plasma physics

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Higginson, D. P., Ross, J. S., Ryutov, D. D., Fiuza, F., Wilks, S. C., Hartouni, E. P., Hatarik, R., Huntington, C. M., Kilkenny, J., Lahmann, B., Li, C. K., Link, A., Petrasso, R. D., Pollock, B. B., Remington, B. A., Rinderknecht, H. G., Sakawa, Y., Sio, H., Swadling, G. F., Weber, S., Zylstra, A. B., and Park, H. -S. Kinetic effects on neutron generation in moderately collisional interpenetrating plasma flows. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5048386.
Higginson, D. P., Ross, J. S., Ryutov, D. D., Fiuza, F., Wilks, S. C., Hartouni, E. P., Hatarik, R., Huntington, C. M., Kilkenny, J., Lahmann, B., Li, C. K., Link, A., Petrasso, R. D., Pollock, B. B., Remington, B. A., Rinderknecht, H. G., Sakawa, Y., Sio, H., Swadling, G. F., Weber, S., Zylstra, A. B., & Park, H. -S. Kinetic effects on neutron generation in moderately collisional interpenetrating plasma flows. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5048386
Higginson, D. P., Ross, J. S., Ryutov, D. D., Fiuza, F., Wilks, S. C., Hartouni, E. P., Hatarik, R., Huntington, C. M., Kilkenny, J., Lahmann, B., Li, C. K., Link, A., Petrasso, R. D., Pollock, B. B., Remington, B. A., Rinderknecht, H. G., Sakawa, Y., Sio, H., Swadling, G. F., Weber, S., Zylstra, A. B., and Park, H. -S. Fri . "Kinetic effects on neutron generation in moderately collisional interpenetrating plasma flows". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5048386. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1503576.
@article{osti_1503576,
title = {Kinetic effects on neutron generation in moderately collisional interpenetrating plasma flows},
author = {Higginson, D. P. and Ross, J. S. and Ryutov, D. D. and Fiuza, F. and Wilks, S. C. and Hartouni, E. P. and Hatarik, R. and Huntington, C. M. and Kilkenny, J. and Lahmann, B. and Li, C. K. and Link, A. and Petrasso, R. D. and Pollock, B. B. and Remington, B. A. and Rinderknecht, H. G. and Sakawa, Y. and Sio, H. and Swadling, G. F. and Weber, S. and Zylstra, A. B. and Park, H. -S.},
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year = {Fri Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Fri Jan 25 00:00:00 EST 2019}
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