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Laser Compression of Matter to Super-High Densities: Thermonuclear (CTR) Applications

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Hydrogen may be compressed to more than 10,000 times liquid density by an implosion system energized by a high energy laser. This scheme makes possible efficient thermonuclear burn of small pellets of heavy hydrogen isotopes, and makes feasible fusion power reactors using practical lasers.

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  1. University of California Lawrence Livermore Laboratory,

    JOHN NUCKOLLS, LOWELL WOOD, ALBERT THIESSEN & GEORGE ZIMMERMAN

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NUCKOLLS, J., WOOD, L., THIESSEN, A. et al. Laser Compression of Matter to Super-High Densities: Thermonuclear (CTR) Applications. Nature 239, 139–142 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/239139a0

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