Fusion with help of accelerators?

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Stanley514 said:
If this is for real why is not used to generate power?Could you give some ref. on such experiments?

Hi Stanley, I found this link on Ion Beam Fusion at Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California. Very promising work by the look of things!
http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/sabl/2005/June/01-HIF.html
 
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Stanley514 said:
If this is for real why is not used to generate power?Could you give some ref. on such experiments?

Because it doesn't generate net power. It uses more than it produces.
 
More recent NDCX-II activities

http://hifweb.lbl.gov/public/slides/Friedman NDCX-II for NAS Jan2011+Warp.pdf

http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/05/08/ndcx-accelerator/

Plasma sources for NDCX-II and heavy ion drivers
http://nonneutral.pppl.gov/pdfpapers2012/Gilson_HIF2012_Sources_Paper.pdf
E. P. Gilsona, R. C. Davidsona, P. C. Efthimiona, I. D. Kaganovicha, J. W. Kwanb, S. M. Lidiab, P. A. Nib, P. K. Royb, P. A. Seidlb, W. L. Waldronb, J. J. Barnardc, A. Friedmanc
aPrinceton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, P.O. Box 451, Princeton, New Jersey, 08543, USA
bLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA
cLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P. O Box 808, Livermore, California, 94550, USA