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Hohlraum

Fusion

Cavity that converts laser light to X-rays.

In indirect-drive inertial fusion, a hohlraum is a small cavity that converts driver energy into X-rays that compress a fuel capsule.

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Inertial Confinement Fusion

The inertial confinement fusion principle attempts to compress a small deuterium-tritium pellet to the density and temperature required for fusion ignition in its center. The reaction will then take place before the pellet remnants are blown apart, so the fusion plasma is held…

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Inertial confinement

Compressing fusion fuel faster than it can fly apart.