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I was under the impression that bremsstrahlung losses were the main barrier to breakeven in fusor-like devices. Is this not susceptible to that?
by dcminter 7y ago
I was under the impression that bremsstrahlung losses were the main barrier to breakeven in fusor-like devices. Is this not susceptible to that?
- dcminter 7y agoAnswering my own question: apparently not per section E.
- jleahy 7y agoThey're making the assumption that the ions and electrons can be held outside of thermal equilibirium (and provide no evidence for this). In reality thermalisation is likely to occur rapidly due to frequent collisions, once thermalised a normal Maxwell distribution will apply and Bremsstrahlung losses will return with a vengeance.