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NUCL 66100 - Inertial Confinement Fusion Technology


Credit Hours: 3.00. Inertially confined thermonuclear fusion reactions and energy gains; laser-plasma interactions; hydrodynamic compression; energy transports including electron thermal conduction and radiation transport; beam transport and instabilities; driver energy deposition and the driver development for lasers, particle beams and accelerators; and target designs. Approval of Instructor required. Prerequisite: NUCL 56000  or equivalent. Typically offered Fall.