Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 2, Issue 1, 3(2017)

Non-equilibrium between ions and electrons inside hot spots from National Ignition Facility experiments

Zhengfeng Fan1, Yuanyuan Liu1, Bin Liu1, Chengxin Yu1、*, Ke Lan1, and Jie Liu1,2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100088, China
  • 2Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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    Zhengfeng Fan, Yuanyuan Liu, Bin Liu, Chengxin Yu, Ke Lan, Jie Liu. Non-equilibrium between ions and electrons inside hot spots from National Ignition Facility experiments[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2017, 2(1): 3

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    Paper Information

    Category: Letter

    Received: Aug. 22, 2016

    Accepted: Dec. 10, 2016

    Published Online: Jan. 17, 2018

    The Author Email: Yu Chengxin (cx_yu2013@163.com)

    DOI:10.1016/j.mre.2016.11.003

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