PPPL-4138 

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<b>Ignition Regime for Fusion in a Degenerate Plasma</b>
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<b>Authors:</b> S. Son and N.J. Fisch
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Abstract:
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We identify relevant parameter regimes in which aneutronic fuels can undergo fusion ignition in hot-ion degenerate plasma. Because of relativistic effects and partial degeneracy, the self-sustained burning regime is considerably larger than previously calculated. Inverse bremsstrahlung plays a major role in containing the reactor energy. We solve the radiation transfer equation and obtain the contribution to the heat conductivity from inverse bremsstrahlung.

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<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03759601" target="_blank">Physics Letters A Volume 356, Issue 1</a> 24 July 2006, Pages 72-78
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Copyright &copy; 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved 


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