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Fast Ignition Proposed for Inertial Confinement Fusion

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Two groups have independently reported fast-ignition techniques for inertial confinement fusion, which drives the implosion of capsules of deuterium and tritium with laser or ion beams, either directly or with x-rays produced in a target hohlraum. Fast ignition uses a precompressed target to lower the energy requirements on the ignition pulses. In the Jan. 15 issue of Physical Review Letters, an international team of researchers working with the Petawatt laser at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif., describe how energetic protons produced in the laser ionization...Read full article

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