Inertial fusion without compression does not work either with or without nanoplasmonics

Abstract

A recently published scheme for inertial fusion based on instantaneous heating of an uncompressed fuel is criticized. It is shown that efficient fusion and time-like fusion burn propagation cannot be realized due to the low nuclear reaction cross-sections. The suggested use of nanospheres inside the volume of the target to support the fast heating of the fuel is also questioned.

arXiv comment3 pages

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• Radiation dominated implosion with nano-plasmonics
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