Published November 4, 1974 | Version v1
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Burn characteristics of marginal deuterium-tritium microspheres

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544

Description

Long mean free paths for ions in the tail of the distribution may allow escape, quenching the burn of marginal (ρ R<10⁻² g/cm²) deuterium-tritium microspheres, possibly explaining the lack of success in experiments to date.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.33.1142;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
33
Journal Issue
19
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1142-1144
ISSN
0031-9007

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
6169866
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
DEUTERIUM; HOT PLASMA; LASER-RADIATION HEATING; MICROSPHERES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; TRITIUM
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEATING; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PLASMA; PLASMA HEATING; RADIOISOTOPES; STABLE ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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