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Re:Y Combinator And Mithril Invest In Helion, A Nuclear Fusi... by curtis on Thursday August 14, 2014 @03:48PM (#8179459)
Is this a purely magnetic approach? I recall recently reading about a MagLIF variant that used lasers for pre-heating.
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Re:Y Combinator And Mithril Invest In Helion, A Nuclear Fusi... by cpihl on Thursday August 14, 2014 @05:25PM (#8179949)
It is. We use electromagnets to make the plasmas, move them, and finally compress them all without moving parts, just magnetic field.
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