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Fusion Engineering

Fusion Engineering is the engineering discipline that addresses the design, development, and operational implementation of devices and systems for achieving and sustaining controlled thermonuclear fusion reactions for energy production.

14.9K

Publications

637.5K

Citations

36.1K

Authors

2.7K

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2017–2026

3K

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Publications

14.9K

Ignition and high gain with ultrapowerful lasers*

M. Tabak, J. H. Hammer, Michael E. Glinsky et al. · Physics of Plasmas · 1994 · 3K citations

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Development of the indirect-drive approach to inertial confinement fusion and the target physics basis for ignition and gain

J. D. Lindl · Physics of Plasmas · 1995 · 2.5K citations

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Regime of Improved Confinement and High Beta in Neutral-Beam-Heated Divertor Discharges of the ASDEX Tokamak

F. Wagner, G. Becker, K. Behringer et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1982 · 2.2K citations

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Zonal flows in plasma—a review

P. H. Diamond, S-I Itoh, K. Itoh et al. · Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion · 2005 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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The physics basis for ignition using indirect-drive targets on the National Ignition Facility

J. D. Lindl, Peter Amendt, R. L. Berger et al. · Physics of Plasmas · 2004 · 1.8K citations

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Authors

36.1K

  1. RN
    R. Neu

    Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Germany

    154 publications · 12.8K citations

    61

    h-index

  2. OL
    O. L. Landen

    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States

    125 publications · 11.4K citations

    58

    h-index

  3. AL
    A. Loarte

    ITER, France

    161 publications · 14.6K citations

    57

    h-index

  4. AK
    A. Kallenbach

    Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Germany

    127 publications · 10.8K citations

    55

    h-index

  5. GM
    G.F. Matthews

    Culham Science Centre, United Kingdom

    156 publications · 10.4K citations

    55

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Institutions

2.7K

  1. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

    Garching, Germany

    125 h-index

    9.6K publications

    587.3K citations

  2. General Atomics (United States)

    San Diego, United States

    113 h-index

    6.7K publications

    488K citations

  3. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

    Princeton, United States

    111 h-index

    7.9K publications

    467K citations

  4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    Livermore, United States

    111 h-index

    9.1K publications

    1M citations

  5. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives

    Paris, France

    104 h-index

    5.4K publications

    294.5K citations

  6. Culham Science Centre

    Abingdon, United Kingdom

    102 h-index

    7.8K publications

    555.6K citations

  7. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Oak Ridge, United States

    102 h-index

    3K publications

    158.7K citations

  8. CEA Cadarache

    Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France

    94 h-index

    4K publications

    236.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Nuclear Fusion

    2.9K publications · 150K citations

    145

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  2. Physics of Plasmas

    1.4K publications · 72K citations

    110

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  3. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 545 publications · 44.9K citations

    100

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  4. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

    1.1K publications · 51.2K citations

    97

    h-index

  5. Journal of Nuclear Materials

    929 publications · 41.8K citations

    89

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See also

Fusion Engineering

Core Systems

Materials Challenges

Design Methods

Operational Safety