Inertial fusion approaches seek to quickly implode a tiny target of plasma so that the inertia of the converging particles causes many of them to fuse before they can get away. Density requirements are much higher than for Magnetic Fusion, but confinement time is lower. Pictured at right is the “hohlram” target area with incoming lasers about to fry the plasma into fusion.
Excellent fusion article by John Lippert in Bloomberg Markets Magazine today.
For those of you who missed Fusion Day, in the sidebar you will find the four handouts distributed on inertial fusion, the magnetic fusion program, and ITER.
The USS Enterprise runs on deuterium, as does the Inertial Fusion project at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), which is now a setting in J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” sequel.
The Columbus Dispatch reports on OSU’s new laser to be used in ICF research.
In the Interim Report-Status of the Study “An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy, the Committee on the Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems applauds IFE gains in the past year, notes challenges ahead, encourages alternative approaches.
This video features Ed Moses making a great case for a fusion future. Ed is the Director of NIF (The National Ignition Facility). The presentation was given for the Long Now Foundation.
This video explains the National Ignition Facility (NIF) and its use of lasers to achieve inertial fusion (“bring a star to earth”).
Article by I. R. Lindemuth, R. E. Siemon, Am. J. Phys., Vol. 77, No. 5, May 2009.
A great overview of fusion.
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