Controlled Thermonuclear Reactions

Dynamic Screening in Thermonuclear Reactions

It has recently been argued that there are no dynamic screening corrections to Salpeter’s enhancement factor in thermonuclear reactions, in the weak-screening limit. The arguments used were: 1) The Gibbs probability distribution is factorable into two parts, one of which, exp(−β∑ eiej/rij) (β = 1/kBT ), is independent of velocity space; and 2) The enhancement factor is w = 1 + βeZ1Z2〈φ〉 with 〈φ...

Plasma and the controlled thermonuclear reaction.

Gated Diffusion-controlled Reactions

The binding and active sites of proteins are often dynamically occluded by motion of the nearby polypeptide. A variety of theoretical and computational methods have been developed to predict rates of ligand binding and reactivity in such cases. Two general approaches exist, "protein centric" approaches that explicitly treat only the protein target, and more detailed dynamical simulation approac...

Inexpensive Mini Thermonuclear Reactor

This proposed design for a mini thermonuclear reactor uses a method based upon a series of important innovations. A cumulative explosion presses a capsule with nuclear fuel up to 100 thousands of atmospheres, the explosive electric generator heats the capsule/pellet up to 100 million degrees and a special capsule and a special cover which keeps these pressure and temperature in capsule up to 0....

8 Thermonuclear Supernovae

The application of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) as distance indicators in cosmology calls for a sound understanding of these objects. Recent years have seen a brisk development of astrophysical models which explain SNe Ia as thermonuclear explosions of white dwarf stars. While the evolution of the progenitor is still uncertain, the explosion mechanism certainly involves the propagation of a ther...