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Plasma Confinement

Plasma Confinement is the systematic containment of high-temperature plasma within a defined region using magnetic or inertial forces to prevent premature energy loss and sustain conditions necessary for controlled thermonuclear fusion.

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Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research

S. M. Gibson, Tadashi Sekiguchi, K. Lackner et al. · MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) · 1987 · 3.4K citations

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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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High-quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator using plasma-channel guiding

C. G. R. Geddes, J. van Tilborg, Eric Esarey et al. · Nature · 2004 · 2K citations · Full text

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  1. RJ
    R. J. Groebner

    General Atomics (United States), United States

    170 publications · 13.3K citations

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  2. EJ
    E. J. Strait

    General Atomics (United States), United States

    152 publications · 13.3K citations

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  3. LL
    L. L. Lao

    General Atomics (United States), United States

    139 publications · 12.3K citations

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  4. KB
    K.H. Burrell

    General Atomics (United States), United States

    176 publications · 13.3K citations

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  5. RM
    R. Maingi

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, United States

    160 publications · 9.4K citations

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  1. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

    Princeton, United States

    129 h-index

    9.4K publications

    528.6K citations

  2. General Atomics (United States)

    San Diego, United States

    125 h-index

    7.5K publications

    573.5K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

    Garching, Germany

    119 h-index

    10.5K publications

    640.1K citations

  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    109 h-index

    5.8K publications

    301.6K citations

  5. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    Livermore, United States

    108 h-index

    7.1K publications

    878.1K citations

  6. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Oak Ridge, United States

    105 h-index

    3.4K publications

    169.9K citations

  7. Culham Science Centre

    Abingdon, United Kingdom

    103 h-index

    7.4K publications

    509.5K citations

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

    Paris, France

    102 h-index

    5.5K publications

    305.2K citations

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  1. Nuclear Fusion

    3.7K publications · 175.5K citations

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  2. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 1.1K publications · 81.1K citations

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  3. Physics of Plasmas

    2.1K publications · 96.1K citations

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  4. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

    1.7K publications · 71.2K citations

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  5. The Physics of Fluids

    444 publications · 24.4K citations

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