A Physical Metric for Inertial Confinement Fusion Capsules

The performance of fusion capsules on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) is strongly affected by the physical properties of the hot deuterium–tritium (DT) fuel, such as the mass, areal density, and pressure of the hot spot at the stagnation time. All of these critical quantities depend on one meas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Baolian Cheng, Paul A. Bradley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
Series:Plasma
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6182/7/1/10