thermonuclear burn

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thermonuclear burn

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Principles of inertial confinement
For efficient thermonuclear burn, the time allotted for the pellet to burn must be less than the disassembly time. This means that, in the compressed state, the product of the pellet mass density and the pellet radius must exceed about 3 grams per square centimetre. A high…
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For efficient thermonuclear burn, the time allotted for the pellet to burn must be less than the disassembly time. This means that, in the compressed state, the product of the pellet mass density and the pellet radius must exceed about 3 grams per square centimetre. A high…
Read More