Inertial fusion without compression does not work either with or without nanoplasmonics
arXiv:2009.14063 · doi:10.1017/S0263034620000269
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.
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