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A novel path to fusion ignition: Heat first, then add fuel
> The original "ideal" equation, known as the Lawson criterion, was first developed in the 1950s. Now PPPL physicists Luis Delgado-Aparicio, Masayuki Ono and Jonathan Menard have reformulated that ideal criterion while adding four other conditions for reaching and holding a burning plasma to plan the best process for heating and powering the plasma within a fusion energy system. Their work is published in the journal Physical Review Letters.
u/cking1991 — 9 days ago