Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ...
by lazide on Monday December 19, 2022 @09:29PM
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The hohlraum is destroyed almost instantly by the reaction.
The reaction is initiated by the lasers.
You can’t actually use a hammer to initiate it at any useful scale because hammers can’t create the appropriate pressures and temperatures to initiate the process at the scale needed to produce a useful energy output. Which is why the lasers.
The reaction is initiated by the lasers.
You can’t actually use a hammer to initiate it at any useful scale because hammers can’t create the appropriate pressures and temperatures to initiate the process at the scale needed to produce a useful energy output. Which is why the lasers.
So no, the lasers are not immaterial at all.