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Is there a sound theoretical argument against inner-shell induced nuclear chain reactions?
There is a claim often made about cold fusion, that it is excluded theoretically. The main theoretical argument is that electronic energies are too low to overcome the Coulomb barrier, since d-d ...
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What is the difference between the KDEMO and DEMO projects?
I'm writing a paper on the future of fusion technology and I can't seem to find the difference between Europe's DEMO experiment and Korea's KDEMO except for the fact that they are both planned to ...
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Calculating the minimum Lawson parameter for sustained d-d fusion
Calculate the minimum Lawson parameter for sustained deuterium-deuterium fusion in a plasma with an energy of 10 keV.
I have been given the above question as part of a homework assignment and help ...
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Helium Fusion and the Origin of Elements
In the fifth of his Messenger Lectures Feynman mentions the fact that Carbon-12 has an energy level at 7.82 MeV. He then states that this is what enables the fusion of three Helium-4 ions into Carbon ...
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Can we use a warp bubble for nuclear fusion?
I understand NASA is now experimenting with a tweaked Alcubierre drive.
Apperantly some physicists predict crazy heat (hotter than the sun) inside the warp bubble caused by Hawking radiation (recent ...
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Is the quantum magnetic field effect real?
Does this http://www.lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=81 make sense to you guys? Is there any reason it wouldn't work. It seems like ...
