David, They have also just filed this patent application -
Production of energy via laser-initiated aneutronic nuclear fusion reactions WO 2013144482 A1 Abstract The invention relates to the production of energy with laser beams, involving: a) exciting a fuel target (4) into a plasma state using a first set of laser beams (1); b) bombarding the fuel target in the plasma state with particles generated using a second set of laser beams (2), the fuel and the particles being chosen so that the interaction between the fuel target in the plasma state and the particles produce non-thermal equilibrium aneutronic nuclear reactions; and c) recovering energy from the ions generated by the aneutronic nuclear reactions http://www.google.com/patents/WO2013144482A1?cl=en - I have only quickly perused it. Maybe they present other methods closer to your approach. Interesting that they do claim "A method for producing energy..." -- Lou Pagnucco David Roberson wrote: > It is interesting that they describe firing a laser at an aluminum target > to generate protons to interact with boron. Why not just begin with > hydrogen and strip it apart with a spark the way DGT does? I was > speculating about a process of that nature the other evening. In my > thoughts, the sparks free up bare protons which then impact upon the > nickel matrix due to the electric field. > > > One might consider a similar process to bombard boron directly if the > energy required to initiate the reaction is not beyond the range of a DC > current stripped hydrogen gas. High voltage DC is not difficult to > generate. > > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pagnucco <pagnu...@htdconnect.com> > To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > Sent: Thu, Oct 10, 2013 12:02 am > Subject: [Vo]:Small scale table-top aneutronic fusion > > > Tabletop fusion reactor mimics cosmic-ray crashes > > "It seems like a remarkable achievement, a once-in-a-decade leap," > says François Waelbroeck, director of the Institute for Fusion > Studies at the University of Texas in Austin. Still, the work is > a far cry from making fusion power a reality. > > http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24367-tabletop-fusion-reactor-mimics-cosmicray-crashes.html > > Fusion reactions initiated by laser-accelerated particle beams in a > laser-produced plasma > http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/131008/ncomms3506/full/ncomms3506.html > > Fusion reactions initiated by laser-accelerated particle beams in a > laser-produced plasma > http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.2002 > > > > >
