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I came across these slides http://hedpschool.lle.rochester.edu/2009SummerSchool/lectures/Key.pdf which say that the main problems with Fast igniton fusion are 1. Compress DT fuel to high ρ, ρR around cone tip; cone tip must survive Gbar implosion pressure 2. Relativistic laser interaction...

I have three questions about ICF, in the explanations i have read on the internet about ICF they all explain that the top layer of the pellet or the ablator is heated till it explodes and produces a reaction force which compress the D+T fuel. They then say shock waves are formed due to the...

I am doing a high school research project on nuclear fusion and i just wanted to double check if my understanding of the role of binding energy in fusion reactions was correct. So we add energy in the form of heat to a tritium atom of mass "3" approximately and deuterium of mass "2" , this is...

Thanks a lot that seems to be a much more specific and interesting subject. Do you have any recommendations for books I might read on the subject? So far I'm thinking of reading fundamentals of plasma physics by JA Bittencourt and articles on plasma physics and controlled fusion on the IOPs website

Does anybody know any topics within plasma physics that a 17 year could research in? I'm doing a qualification called the EPQ where students undertake a research project in any topic they would like and write a 5000 word essay. I'm in year 12 and have taken As level Maths and Further Maths. I...

Im sorry if iv'e misunderstood. Are you saying that work is not used to move electrons from the negative terminal to the positive terminal when the electric field is acting from the positive terminal to the negative terminal?

I thought the electric field was from the +ve to the -ve

Homework Statement Sorry if this is not a good fit for this sub-forum but i couldn't find anywhere else to post it. In the physics tutorial http://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/circuits/topic on current electricty it defines the positive terminal as the high potential terminal and the...