Summary
Accelerating macroparticles to velocities in the range of 106 to 108 cm/s would lead to a large number of applications such as the simulation of meteors, the production of very dense plasmas and possibly the release of controlled thermonuclear energy. A review of the known methods of acceleration is presented as well as a study of their limitations, both with respect to velocity and size of the particles, and comparison is made with the trigger-criterion for very small thermonuclear explosions; none of those methods seems promising. A new method of acceleration is proposed.
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Se si accelerassero le macroparticelle a velocità comprese nell’intervallo da 106 a 108 cm/s, si potrebbe fare un grande numero di applicazioni come la simulazione di meteore, la produzione di plasmi densissimi e forse la liberazione controllata dell’energia termonucleare. Si passano in rassegna i metodi conosciuti per l’accelerazione e si studiano le loro limitazioni, sia rispetto alla velocità che alle dimensioni delle particelle, e si fanno confronti con il criterio di innesco di piccolissime esplosioni termonucleari; nessuno di questi metodi sembra promettente. Si propone un nuovo metodo di accelerazione.
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Maisonnier, C. Macroparticle accelerators and thermonuclear fusion. Nuovo Cimento B (1965-1970) 42, 332–340 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02710915
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