Ignition of a Thermonuclear Detonation Wave in the Focus of Two Magnetically Insulated Transmission Lines
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For the ignition of a thermonuclear detonation wave assisted by a strong magnetic field, it is proposed to use two concentrically nested magnetically insulated transmission lines, the inner one transmitting a highvoltage lower-current-, and the outer one a high-current lower-voltageelectromagnetic pulse drawn from two Marx generators. The concept has the potential of large thermonuclear gains with an input energy conceivably as small as 105 J.
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