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Burn Propagation

Burn Propagation is a physical process in inertial confinement fusion whereby a self-sustaining thermonuclear reaction spreads through compressed fuel via energy deposition from alpha particles, distinguishing it from initial ignition by external drivers.

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Burning plasma achieved in inertial fusion

A. B. Zylstra, O. A. Hurricane, D. A. Callahan et al. · Nature · 2022 · 535 citations · Full text

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Lawson Criterion for Ignition Exceeded in an Inertial Fusion Experiment

H. Abu-Shawareb, Robert L. Acree, P. A. Adams et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2022 · 504 citations · Full text

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Progress toward Ignition and Burn Propagation in Inertial Confinement Fusion

J. D. Lindl, R. L. McCrory, E. M. Campbell · Physics Today · 1992 · 459 citations

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High-Gain Magnetized Inertial Fusion

S. A. Slutz, Roger Alan Vesey · Physical Review Letters · 2012 · 308 citations · Full text

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Thermonuclear burn characteristics of compressed deuterium-tritium microspheres

G.S. Fraley, E. J. Linnebur, R. J. Mason et al. · The Physics of Fluids · 1974 · 281 citations

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  1. RB
    R. Betti

    University of Rochester, United States

    7 publications · 1.2K citations

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  2. LD
    L. Divol

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

    5 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. SD
    S. D. Bhandarkar

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

    5 publications · 1.3K citations

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  4. AP
    A. Pak

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

    5 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. TD
    T. Döppner

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

    5 publications · 1.3K citations

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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    Livermore, United States

    12 h-index

    1.1K publications

    493.2K citations

  2. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    11 h-index

    192 publications

    66.8K citations

  3. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    9 h-index

    82 publications

    33.1K citations

  4. Energetics (United States)

    Columbia, United States

    6 h-index

    71 publications

    32.3K citations

  5. General Atomics (United States)

    San Diego, United States

    5 h-index

    215 publications

    103.4K citations

  6. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    19 publications

    8.9K citations

  8. Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses

    Palaiseau, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    1.2K citations

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  1. Physics of Plasmas

    10 publications · 432 citations

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  2. Nuclear Fusion

    5 publications · 254 citations

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  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 4 publications · 881 citations

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  4. Physical review. E

    PRE · 3 publications · 296 citations

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  5. The Physics of Fluids

    2 publications · 296 citations

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