An introduction to inertial confinement fusion /

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Author / Creator:Pfalzner, Susanne.
Imprint:New York : Taylor & Francis/CRC Press, c2006.
Description:232 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Series in plasma physics
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5898010
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ISBN:0750307013 (acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-227) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Fundamentals of inertial confinement fusion
  • 2. Laser drivers for inertial confinement fusion
  • 3. Basic plasma physics
  • 4. Absorption of laser light
  • 5. Hydrodynamic compression and burn
  • 6. Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities
  • 7. Energy requirements and gain
  • 8. Targets
  • 9. Inertial confinement fusion power plant
  • 10. Heavy-ion driven fusion
  • 11. Fast ignitor
  • 12. ABCs of ICF.