I wonder if the plasma forms the Rydberg blocade effect where the laser beams have the photon pairing that Axil recently cited. If you have photons interacting then you also have the potential for new physics. Fran
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 12:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Small scale table-top aneutronic fusion David, They have also just filed this patent application - Production of energy via laser-initiated aneutronic nuclear fusion reactions WO 2013144482 A1 Abstract The invention relates to the production of energy with laser beams, involving: a) exciting a fuel target (4) into a plasma state using a first set of laser beams (1); b) bombarding the fuel target in the plasma state with particles generated using a second set of laser beams (2), the fuel and the particles being chosen so that the interaction between the fuel target in the plasma state and the particles produce non-thermal equilibrium aneutronic nuclear reactions; and c) recovering energy from the ions generated by the aneutronic nuclear reactions http://www.google.com/patents/WO2013144482A1?cl=en - I have only quickly perused it. Maybe they present other methods closer to your approach. Interesting that they do claim "A method for producing energy..." -- Lou Pagnucco David Roberson wrote: > 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 > > > > >
