MIT Paper Bullish On IEC

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MIT Paper Bullish On IEC

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Does it reach to any useful conclusion about break-even/confinement/....? If someone has had a look to it please make a short summary (2-3 lines)

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The conclusion:

Beam forming is important. It reduces losses.

Other than that it describes simulation codes and experimental set up.

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Another thing this experiment points out is that the Dr. is correct about annealing but wrong about the method.

It is not an edge effect but a bunching effect.

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The best conclusion is it appears to independently verificaty that Rider's model of IEC behavior was wrong. That would answer the biggest criticism of Polywells.

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contacting Carl Dietrich

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Has anyone tried to contact Carl Dietrich (author of this thesis) to get his take on polywell fusion? Seems like he should have quite a lot of interest in it, and expertise to apply.
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