Problems with rho R measurements: What are the ways out?
Abstract
An important scaling parameter or figure of merit in inertially-confined fusion is the maximum fuel rho R achieved by the target - rho is the density, and R the radius of the fuel. Every technique used, thus far, in laser-initiated-fusion-microexplosion experiments to obtain this data has major deficiencies. The merits of the various possible methods of measuring fuel rho R and their ranges of applicability are examined.
- Publication:
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Presented at Ann. Am. Physical Soc. Meeting
- Pub Date:
- October 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977aps..meetQ....P
- Keywords:
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- Density Measurement;
- Neutron Activation Analysis;
- Nuclear Fuels;
- Nuclear Fusion;
- Radii;
- Figure Of Merit;
- Implosions;
- Thermonuclear Reactions;
- X Ray Scattering;
- Nuclear and High-Energy Physics