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S. C. Wilks, B. I. Cohen, J. F. Latkowski, E. A. Williams
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 56 | Number 2 | August 2009 | Pages 652-657
Laser Fusion-Fission Hybrid | Eighteenth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST09-5
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Several potential issues concerning laser-beam propagation thorough the LIFE target chambers are addressed. It is found that the absorption due to inverse Bremsstrahlung limits the gas density to approximately 2 [micro]g/cc of xenon gas. This value is within the gas density estimated to be required to keep the first wall heating to an acceptable level.
