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""Nuclear Fusion By Inertial Confinement: A Comprehensive Treatise"" provides a comprehensive analysis of directly driven inertial confinement fusion. All important aspects of the process are covered, including scientific considerations that support the concept, lasers and particle beams as drivers, target fabrication, analytical and numerical calculations, and materials and engineering considerations. Authors from Australia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain and the US have contributed to the volume, making it an internationally significant work.

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Author:   Guillermo Velarde ,  Yigal Ronen ,  Jose M. Martinez-Val ,  Jose M. Martinez-Val
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Weight:   1.760kg
ISBN:  

9780849369261

ISBN 10:   0849369266
Pages:   766
Publication Date:   15 December 1992
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

An Introduction to Nuclear Fusion by Inertial Confinement (J.M. Martínez-Val, G. Velarde, and Y. Ronen). The Physics of Directly Driven Targets (S. Eliezer and H. Hora). Laser-Target Interaction: Laser Energy Absorption and Nonlinear Plasma Phenomena (V. Yu. Bychenkov and V.T. Tikhonchuk). Energy Transfer to the Plasma in Laser Targets (Yu.V. Afanasiev and S.Yu.Gus'kov). Ion Beam-Target Interaction (Z. Zinamon). Atomic Physics in Dense Plasma (R.M. More). Electron Heat Conduction in ICF Targets (J.R. Sanmartín). Radiation Transport in ICF Targets (E. Mínguez). Charged Particle Transport (J.J. Honrubia). ICF Neutronics (M. Piera and J.M. Martínez-Val). The Compression Phase in ICF Targets (T. Yabe). Ignition and Burn Propagation in ICF Targets (S. Gus'kov and V. Rozanov). Hydrodynamic Instability of Target Implosion in ICF (E.G. Gamaly). Solid State Lasers (J.M. Soures). Excimer Lasers (L. Rosocha, S.J. Czuchlewski, B.J. Krohn, and J. McLeod). Free Electron Lasers for ICF (W.B. Colson, J. Blau, D. Craun, D. Gillingham, D. Kiel, J.H. Park, and R. Souza). Heavy Ion Accelerators for ICF (R.W. Müller). Light-Ion Accelerators for ICF (J.P. VanDevender and H.-J. Bluhm). Magnetically Imploded Plasma as a Driver for ICF (J.G. Linhart). Diagnostics of Laser-Imploded Plasma (C. Yamanaka). Target Fabrication (Y. Izawa and T. Norimatsu). Laser-Driven ICF Experiments (R.L. McCrory, Jr.). Particle Beam-Driven ICF Experiments (H.U. Karow and J.P. VanDevender). Irradiation Effects and Activation in Structural Materials (J.M. Perlado and J. Sanz). ICF Reactors-Conceptual Design Studies (G. Kessler, G.L. Kulcinski, and R.R. Peterson). Appendix: Units and Physical Constants. Index.

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