Modelling burning thermonuclear plasma

Thermonuclear Burning on Rapidly Accreting Neutron Stars

Neutron stars in mass-transferring binaries are accreting the hydrogen and helium rich matter from the surfaces of their companions. This article explains the physics associated with how that material eventually fuses to form heavier nuclei and the observations of the time dependent phenomena (such as Type I X-ray bursts) associated with the thermally unstable thermonuclear reactions. The major...

Microscopic and Macroscopic Modeling of Thermonuclear Burning Fronts

Micro-Thermonuclear Plasma Tunneling by Rock Melting

Standard drilling has limits as at some depth the pressures and temperatures force the drilled opening tight when the drill is lifted.This paper proposes a reliable and rapid method of penetration of rock masses by melting all or part of the rock face and penetrate therein, cool the resulting glassy tube to be a stabilized liner. The methods proposed to heat the tip of the melting element inclu...

Plasma and the controlled thermonuclear reaction.

Alpha Particle Induced Magnetoacoustic Instability in a Thermonuclear Plasma

We show that in a thermonuclear plasma the magnetosonic wave propagating normal to the magnetic field can be unstable. The growth rate is small, however, and the wave is easily stabilized by perpendicular thermal conduction. IN A FULLY IGNITED thermonuclear plasma the fusion energy production balances the various energy losses and the fusion reaction is self-sustaining. The product ions (alpha ...