Fusion: Creating a Star on Earth - General Atomics Fusion Education
Fusion: Creating a Star on Earth - General Atomics Fusion Education
Fusion: Creating a Star on Earth - General Atomics Fusion Education
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Inertial C<strong>on</strong>finement <str<strong>on</strong>g>Fusi<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> C<strong>on</strong>cept<br />
(c<strong>on</strong>tinued)<br />
Compressi<strong>on</strong><br />
and heating<br />
Careful tailoring of implosi<strong>on</strong><br />
produces compressi<strong>on</strong> to<br />
several 1000X and 100,000,000°C<br />
Igniti<strong>on</strong> and<br />
Therm<strong>on</strong>uclear<br />
burn<br />
Therm<strong>on</strong>uclear burn of the<br />
DT fuel will produce a fusi<strong>on</strong><br />
yield many times the input<br />
driver energy<br />
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