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It's amazing how people even in hacker news just say whatever they want with absolute certainty. This is ignition but ignition was achieved by their August 202
by donquixote25 4y ago
It's amazing how people even in hacker news just say whatever they want with absolute certainty.
This is ignition but ignition was achieved by their August 2021 shot. See this paper for the details: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.075001 https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.12...
The reason why it's a big deal is because they surpassed scientific breakeven.
- Robotbeat 4y agoAnd based on how NIF is set up, ignition and scientific breakeven occur at around the same spot.