Fuel gain exceeding unity in an inertially confined fusion implosion

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Nature, 2014, vol. 506, issue 7488, 343-348

Abstract: Fusion fuel gains greater than unity — which are crucial to the generation of fusion energy — are achieved on the US National Ignition Facility using the ‘high-foot’ implosion method, which reduces instability in the implosion of the fuel.

Date: 2014
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