The discussion centers around finding the most recent and detailed book on Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF), with participants sharing their thoughts on available literature and the current state of the field, including recent developments related to the National Ignition Facility (NIF).
Participants generally agree that the NIF has not achieved its ignition goals, but there is no consensus on the implications of this failure or the overall status of ICF research.
Some statements about the NIF's funding and goals are speculative and not universally accepted. The discussion reflects a range of opinions on the relevance of older literature in light of recent advancements and setbacks in the field.
I think that nothing newer than this book: http://books.google.ge/books?id=-x5RAAAAMAAJ&source=gbs_similarbooks published in 1998Kidphysics said:Hopefully it is the same book but I'm looking for an up to date detailed book concerning all aspects of Inertial Confinement Fusion. You may also post any good PDFs if you have them! I know there are these IFSA books but I'm not sure the most recent which seems to be quite important because of the advancing field.
National Ignition Facility (NIF) could not achieve expected ignition. http://www.physicstoday.org/daily_edition/politics_and_policy/nif_to_shift_emphasis_after_the_facility_s_failure_to_achieve_ignitionDrakkith said:NIF failed? Damn...
What does this mean? Success?On 30 September the National Ignition Facility's (NIF's) two-year-long National Ignition Campaign (NIC) officially came to an end. Despite multiple attempts on the part of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists to create miniature laser-driven thermonuclear explosions, they failed to achieve ignition, the point at which the fusion energy yield exceeds the energy required to start the reaction. In addition, Donald Cook, the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA's) deputy administrator for defense programs, admits that NIF also failed to attain an intermediate milestone where alpha particles created in the fusion process start to contribute significant amounts of heat to the plasma.
Joseph Chikva said:National Ignition Facility (NIF) could not achieve expected ignition. What does this mean? Success?
There are some speculations that NIF is not a fusion program totally being funding also by Department of Defense. May be Department of Defense has truly funded in NIF. But we can not ignore the fact that by its nature NIF is a laser driven fusion machine with no ignition achieved.
I hope that your English is much better than mine:Drakkith said:I'd call that a failure if its goal was to achieve ignition.
Despite multiple attempts on the part of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists to create miniature laser-driven thermonuclear explosions, they failed to achieve ignition,...
Instead they successfully help to make new StarTrack in a Darkness series. :)Drakkith said:Yeah, looks like a failure to me. Well, that's the way it goes sometimes.