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Inertial fusion technology spin-offs-history provides a glimpse of the future

Description: The development and demonstration of inertial fusion is incredibly challenging because it requires simultaneously controlling and precisely measuring parameters at extreme values in energy, space, and time. The challenges range from building megajoule (10{sup 6} J) drivers that perform with percent-level precision to fabricating targets with submicron specifications to measuring target performance at micron scale (10{sup -6} m) with picosecond (10{sup -12} s) time resolution. Over the past 30 y… more
Date: March 7, 2000
Creator: Powell, H
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Inertial fusion energy target injection, tracking, and beam pointing

Description: Several cryogenic targets must be injected each second into a reaction chamber. Required target speed is about 100 m/s. Required accuracy of the driver beams on target is a few hundred micrometers. Fuel strength is calculated to allow acceleration in excess of 10,000 m/s{sup 2} if the fuel temperature is less than 17 K. A 0.1 {mu}m thick dual membrane will allow nearly 2,000 m/s{sup 2} acceleration. Acceleration is gradually increased and decreased over a few membrane oscillation periods (a few… more
Date: March 7, 1995
Creator: Petzoldt, R.W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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