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Hora, Eliezer, Kirchhoff, Nissim, Wang and Lalousis map a route to clean energy from hydrogen-boron-11 fusion, which avoids the neutrons and radioactive waste of deuterium-tritium fusion. A laser pulse of about 10 petawatts lasting about a picosecond accelerates a block of plasma. A second, nanosecond laser pulse creates a magnetic field of a few kiloteslas that confines the plasma. An avalanche of alpha particles strongly boosts the fusion rate, and the charged alphas are converted directly into electricity. Their simulations show that 14 milligrams of hydrogen-boron fuel could yield 300 kWh in a clean power reactor combining these results.
Road map to clean energy using laser beam ignition of boron-hydrogen fusion
- H. Hora(Author)
- S. Eliezer(Author)
- G.J. Kirchhoff(Author)
- N. Nissim(Author)
- J.X. Wang(Author)
- P. Lalousis(Author)
- Y.X. Xu(Author)
- G.H. Miley(Author)
- J.M. Martinez-Val(Author)
- W. McKenzie(Author)
- J. Kirchhoff(Author)
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- 2017
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- Road map to clean energy using laser beam ignition of boron-hydrogen fusion
- Attribution
- H. Hora(Author)
- S. Eliezer(Author)
- G.J. Kirchhoff(Author)
- N. Nissim(Author)
- J.X. Wang(Author)
- P. Lalousis(Author)
- Y.X. Xu(Author)
- G.H. Miley(Author)
- J.M. Martinez-Val(Author)
- W. McKenzie(Author)
- J. Kirchhoff(Author)
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- 2017
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