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Powerful Lasers for High Energy Density Physics

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This paper deals with the principal results of studies performed by scientists of academic institutes and nuclear industry enterprises in the field of laser physics and high energy density physics. Some projects of creating an advanced experimental laser base are presented, and the directions of works to be done are listed.

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  1. Institute of Laser Physics Studies, Russian Federal Nuclear Center All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, 607188, Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod oblast, Russia

    S. G. Garanin

  2. Federal Research Center Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    S. V. Garnov

  3. Federal Research Center Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603950, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    A. M. Sergeev & E. A. Khazanov

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RAS Academician Sergei Grigor’evich Garanin is General Designer for Laser Systems, Deputy Director of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, and Director of the Institute of Laser Physics Studies. RAS Corresponding Member Sergei Vladimirovich Garnov is Director of the Federal Research Center Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS. RAS Academician Aleksandr Mikhailovich Sergeev is RAS President and Chief Researcher at the Federal Research Center Institute of Applied Physic, RAS. RAS Academician Efim Arkad’evich Khazanov is Deputy Director for Research and Head of the Department of Nonlinear Dynamics and Optics at the Federal Research Center Institute of Applied Physics, RAS.

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Garanin, S.G., Garnov, S.V., Sergeev, A.M. et al. Powerful Lasers for High Energy Density Physics. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 91, 250–260 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331621030060

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