Abstract Details
Abstracts
Author: Friedwardt M. Winterberg
Requested Type: Pre-Selected Invited
Submitted: 2019-02-04 23:38:33
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Contact Info:
Carl Friedrich Gauss Academy of Science
5395 Goldenrod Drive
Reno, NV 89511
United States
Abstract Text:
The main roadblock for the non-fission ignition of small thermonuclear assemblies, the Rayleigh-Taylor instability, can be overcome by the implosion of rapidly rotating small assemblies, where the Coriolis force is of crucial importance. The proposed novel inertial fusion configuration can be described by Einstein’s general theory of relativity. In conjunction with the thermomagnetic Nernst effect and Elsasser’s dynamo theory, it not only has the prospect of a non-fission ignition of larger thermonuclear explosive devices, but also the replacement of liquid deuterium-tritium with dry lithium-6-deuterium salt, which if enriched with lithium-7, can substantially increase the yield. For the ignition, one can use a relativistic electron beam in excess of 50 MJ, as this output is difficult to achieve with a laser.
Comments:
Because of my age I may not be able to attend. This abstract refers to a concept discussed in my paper published last June in the Laser and Particle Beams journal of the Cambridge University Press.
