Controlled Fusion with Hot-ion Mode in a Degenerate Plasma

Journal Article · Wed Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 2005 · Physics Letters A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2006.05.008· OSTI ID:934533

n a Fermi-degenerate plasma, the rate of electron physical processes is much reduced from the classical prediction, possibly enabling new regimes for controlled nuclear fusion, including the hot-ion mode, a regime in which the ion temperature exceeds the electron temperature. Previous calculations of these processes in dense plasmas are now corrected for partial degeneracy and relativistic effects, leading to an expanded regime of self-sustained fusion.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE - Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• OSTI ID: 934533
• Report Number(s): PPPL-4133
• Journal Information: Physics Letters A, Journal Name: Physics Letters A Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 356
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ION TEMPERATURE
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