Thermonuclear detonation

The characteristics of, and energy transfer mechanisms involved in, thermonuclear detonation are discussed. What makes the fundamental difference between thermonuclear and chemical detonation is that the former has a high specific energy release and can therefore be employed for preliminarily compressing the thermonuclear mixture ahead of the burning wave. Consequently, with moderate (megajoule) initiation energies, a steady-state detonation laboratory experiment with unlimited energy multiplication becomes a possibility.

PACS: 44.90.+c, 47.40.−x (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU1998v041n11ABEH000506
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1998/11/f/
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Citation: Feoktistov L P "Thermonuclear detonation" Phys. Usp. 41 1139–1147 (1998)

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Оригинал: Феоктистов Л П «Термоядерная детонация» УФН 168 1247–1255 (1998); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0168.199811f.1247

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