It is interesting that they describe firing a laser at an aluminum target to generate protons to interact with boron. Why not just begin with hydrogen and strip it apart with a spark the way DGT does? I was speculating about a process of that nature the other evening. In my thoughts, the sparks free up bare protons which then impact upon the nickel matrix due to the electric field.
One might consider a similar process to bombard boron directly if the energy required to initiate the reaction is not beyond the range of a DC current stripped hydrogen gas. High voltage DC is not difficult to generate. Dave -----Original Message----- From: pagnucco <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Oct 10, 2013 12:02 am Subject: [Vo]:Small scale table-top aneutronic fusion Tabletop fusion reactor mimics cosmic-ray crashes "It seems like a remarkable achievement, a once-in-a-decade leap," says François Waelbroeck, director of the Institute for Fusion Studies at the University of Texas in Austin. Still, the work is a far cry from making fusion power a reality. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24367-tabletop-fusion-reactor-mimics-cosmicray-crashes.html Fusion reactions initiated by laser-accelerated particle beams in a laser-produced plasma http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/131008/ncomms3506/full/ncomms3506.html Fusion reactions initiated by laser-accelerated particle beams in a laser-produced plasma http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.2002
