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by goldfish
Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:33 am
Forum: News
Topic: Record proton-boron fusion rate achieved
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Record proton-boron fusion rate achieved

It is a rather old (2013) message but could not find it on talk-polywell.org. See:
http://www.fusenet.eu/node/575
Also a promissing development...
by goldfish
Sat Dec 13, 2014 2:55 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR
Replies: 186
Views: 172905

Re: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR

Did Skunkworks ever work on nuclear fusion before 2013? Any links?
by goldfish
Sat Dec 13, 2014 9:55 am
Forum: News
Topic: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR
Replies: 186
Views: 172905

Re: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR

When I saw the Skunkworks design at first I thought it was some kind of magnetic mirror/Polywell hybrid. Now I found this drawing and it turns out to be a spheromak. Search for Skunkworks in the document.
http://fire.pppl.gov/fpa06_woodruff.pdf
Your thoughts?
by goldfish
Mon Nov 10, 2014 6:01 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR
Replies: 186
Views: 172905

Re: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR

I found this: http://iopscience.iop.org/0741-3335/55/6/063001/article Looking at this Russian design from 2012 it seems that Skunkworks' T4 was heavily inspired on this. There is lots of technical data but I am no expert on fusion. It looks promising though. Anyone out there who is an expert on thes...