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Inertial fusion without compression does not work either with or without nanoplasmonics

Plasma Physics 2020-10-06 v1

Abstract

A recently published scheme for inertial fusion based on instantaneous heating of an uncompressed fuel is criticized. It is shown that efficient fusion and time-like fusion burn propagation cannot be realized due to the low nuclear reaction cross-sections. The suggested use of nanospheres inside the volume of the target to support the fast heating of the fuel is also questioned.

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@article{arxiv.2009.14063,
  title  = {Inertial fusion without compression does not work either with or without nanoplasmonics},
  author = {Istvan B Foldes and Gergo I Pokol},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.14063},
  year   = {2020}
}

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3 pages

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