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Title: Transition from Collisional to Collisionless Regimes in Interpenetrating Plasma Flows on the National Ignition Facility

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1406410
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-693126; PRLTAO
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 118, Issue 18; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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