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Title: Preface to special topic: High-energy density laboratory astrophysics

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4982206· OSTI ID:1353047
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  1. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Here, in the 1990s, when the large inertial confinement fusion facilities in the United States became accessible for discovery-class research, physicists soon realized that the combination of these energetic drivers with precision plasmas diagnostics would allow the unprecedented experimental study of astrophysical problems.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1353047
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-16966; TRN: US1700540
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 24, Issue 4; ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 3 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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