New conventional fusion preprint - Authors include Miley, Hora, et al -
AVALANCHE BORON FUSION BY LASER PICOSECOND BLOCK IGNITION WITH
MAGNETIC TRAPPING FOR CLEAN AND ECONOMIC REACTOR
ABSTRACT: After the very long consideration of the ideal energy source by fusion
of the protons of light hydrogen with the boron isotope 11 (boron fusion HB11)
the very first two independent measurements of very high reaction gains by lasers
basically opens a fundamental breakthrough. The non-thermal plasma block ignition
with extremely high power laser pulses above petawatt of picosecond duration in
combination with up to ten kilotesla magnetic fields for trapping has to be
combined to use the measured high gains as proof of an avalanche reaction for an
environmentally clean, low cost and lasting energy source as potential option
against global warming. The unique HB11 avalanche reaction is are now based on
elastic collisions of helium nuclei (alpha particles) limited only to a reactor for
controlled fusion energy during a very short time within a very small volume.