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Numerical investigation of deuterium implosion in a conical target

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Moscow. Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Technicheskaya Fizika, No. 4, pp. 22–32, July–August 1994.

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Charakhch'yan, A.A. Numerical investigation of deuterium implosion in a conical target. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 35, 506–514 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02369493

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