Abstract
The possibility of reducing the rate of density decay in portions of an unconfined plasma by initial profile shaping is analyzed. For transit times of interest to the SDI program, such structuring may result in gains of several orders of magnitude in on-target plasma density.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 277-280 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
Volume | 873 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 9 May 1988 |
Externally published | Yes |