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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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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Colin J. Horsfield, Wigen Nazarov, Kevin Oades
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 2 | March 1999 | Pages 95-100
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963909
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A method for the production of a foam filled target with two regions of different densities is described in this paper. These two different density regions are separated by a 1 μm thick film, with a roughness of 5 μm rms peak to valley. The two regions are filled with a homogeneous, different density foams. These targets were designed to investigate the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability in the plasma region. The production of these targets using the in-situ polymerization technique is described. Several approaches for the production of these targets are examined. Triacrylate foams with densities of 40 mg cm−3 and 200 mg cm−3 were used in the targets.
