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Physicists uncover key to resolving long-standing inertial confinement fusion hohlraum drive deficit
Understanding the deficiency in inertial confinement fusion hohlraum X-ray flux predictions using experiments at the National Ignition Facility, Physical Review E (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.
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Fusion Ignition: What Does The NIF’s 1.3 MJ Yield Mean For Fusion Research?
Target chamber at the National Ignition Facility of LLNL in 2008 ... This Hohlraum can have two entrance holes, or more, as detailed for e.g. a three-axis hohlraum design by Longyu Kuang et ...
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Earlier this month, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) announced to the world that they had achieved a record 1.3 MJ yield from a fusion experiment at their National Ignition Facility ...
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China Is Secretly Building the World’s Most Powerful Fusion Laser — U.S. Intelligence Warns of Global Consequences
Recently spotted by U.S. spy satellites, the structure is estimated to be 50 percent larger than the world-leading National Ignition Facility in the United States. While fusion is often hailed as ...