Re:Secretary Granholm to announce major scientific breakthro...
by aj7 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @12:41PM
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You left out a whole step. The X-rays.
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Re:Secretary Granholm to announce major scientific breakthro...
by Robotbeat on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:12PM
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Because NIF can also potentially use the UV lasers directly, without converting to X-rays in the Hohlraum. Direct drive would be more practical for an actual power plant version: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Inertial_Fusion_Energy#M...
So instead of “x-rays” I left it as the more general “light.”