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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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A more open future for nuclear research
A growing number of institutional, national, and funder mandates are requiring researchers to make their published work immediately publicly accessible, through either open repositories or open access (OA) publications. In addition, both private and public funders are developing policies, such as those from the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the European Commission, that ask researchers to make publicly available at the time of publication as much of their underlying data and other materials as possible. These, combined with movement in the scientific community toward embracing open science principles (seen, for example, in the dramatic rise of preprint servers like arXiv), demonstrate a need for a different kind of publishing outlet.
N. G. Borisenko, A. M. Khalenkov, V. Kmetik, J. Limpouch, Yu. A. Merkuliev, V. G. Pimenov
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 51 | Number 4 | May 2007 | Pages 655-664
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1460
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The specifications on different low-density structures and high-Z admixtures are compared for target designs used to achieve smoother energy flux from different drivers. The experimentally realized aerogels are studied. Various characterization methods are used taking into account their heterogeneity. The physical processes in such materials under the powerful laser irradiation are discussed, in particular transparency dynamics, plasma homogenization, smoothing capability. The further applications of low-density cellulose triacetate (TAC) in the physical experiments are: possible targets for ns- and for ps-lasers, for EUV sources, EOS targets with low-density layer for pressure increase.
