The Lawson criterion is a figure of merit used in nuclear fusion research. It compares the rate of energy being generated by fusion reactions within the...
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Fusion power (section Lawson criterion)
these figures that results in a power-producing system is known as the Lawson criterion. In stars the most common fuel is hydrogen, and gravity provides extremely...
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with a particular energy confinement time is found by considering the Lawson criterion. This is an extremely challenging barrier to overcome on Earth, which...
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Lawson criterion. Ignition can also be defined by the fusion energy gain factor. In the laboratory, fusion ignition defined by the Lawson criterion was...
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Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, US Lawson criterion, a figure of merit in nuclear fusion research Lawson Software, a company acquired by Infor Lawsone...
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in the reacting region for a sufficient time, as specified by the Lawson criterion (triple product). The high temperature of a fusion plasma precludes...
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Polywell (section Lawson criterion)
leaves the plasma. Lawson used this equation to estimate conditions for net power based on a Maxwellian cloud. However, the Lawson criterion does not apply...
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energies. This combination, the fusion triple product, must reach the Lawson criterion, to reach ignition. The first ICF devices were the hydrogen bombs invented...
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fusion energy gain factor equal to unity; this is also known as the Lawson criterion. The notion can also be found in more general phenomena, such as percolation...
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research programs In 1955, John D. Lawson (scientist) creates what is now known as the Lawson criterion which is a criterion for a fusion reactor to produce...
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