Studies of laser-plasma interaction physics with low-density targets for direct-drive inertial confinement fusion on the Shenguang III prototype

V. T. Tikhonchuk; T. Gong; N. Jourdain; O. Renner; F. P. Condamine; K. Q. Pan; W. Nazarov; L. Hudec; J. Limpouch; R. Liska; M. Krůs; F. Wang; D. Yang; S. W. Li; Z. C. Li; Z. Y. Guan; Y. G. Liu; T. Xu; X. S. Peng; X. M. Liu; Y. L. Li; J. Li; T. M. Song; J. M. Yang; S. E. Jiang; B. H. Zhang; W. Y. Huo; G. Ren; Y. H. Chen; W. Zheng; Y. K. Ding; K. Lan; S. Weber

doi:10.1063/5.0023006

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