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ICCD Camera

2010-07-29T10:35:25Z

The following are some images of the ICCD camera used by LPPX. For a look at what the camera sees, check out this post about ICCD plasmoid image. And to help us flesh out a discussion of the instruments, visit the new wiki.

First ICCD image of plasmoid at FF-1

2010-07-29T10:17:08Z

On June 30, LPP got their first ICCD camera image of a newly-born plasmoid.

Two Paths to Fusion

2010-07-29T00:28:01Z

Derek Shannon has put together a fantastic Google Earth fusion tour that flies us out to the ITER site and back to the LPP site. View the tour here: http://pastehtml.com/view/1acb5pr.html - Install the plugin as needed.

Reports of More High-Ion Energy Data

2010-07-28T23:42:19Z

Further detail from the June 22 ICOPS conference.

LPP presents at ICOPS

2010-07-20T14:27:21Z

Fred Van Roessel joins LPPX

2010-07-05T14:32:21Z

Fred Van Roessel joins the LPPX team 1-2 days per week as a part-time consultant. An electrical engineer, he brings his skills with instrumentation to the team. Currently, he is optimizing the ICCD camera.

How Will We Get There From Here?

2010-06-25T18:32:51Z

FFI (Focus Fusion 1), LPP’s experimental device, has achieved higher fusion yields than have been achieved with any other DPF at the same peak current.

Though remarkable, this yield is still 5 orders of magnitude short of the fusion yield required to prove scientific feasibility of focus fusion. How does the team hope to make up the difference?

Seeking volunteers to cut together an Oil spill Fusion video

2010-06-16T02:40:52Z

Eric suggested we leverage this tragic BP oil spill to get the word out about fusion. Are there any volunteers out there who can put something like this together. It just requires some simple captions, a few images, and music.

Milestone Update

2010-06-10T20:07:20Z

An update of progress so far along the 8 milestones.

Kansas State Graduate Students Arrive to Help LPP Project

2010-06-10T03:05:32Z

A warm welcome to Mohamed Ismail and Amgad Mohamed!

New Spark Plugs Pass First Tests

2010-06-10T03:03:13Z

Our new spark plugs, which we hope to be far more rugged than the old, automotive ones, have passed their initial tests.

New Calibration Confirms FF-1’s High Fusion Yields

2010-06-10T02:44:32Z

Tests in early June have confirmed that FF-1 is producing higher fusion yields than have been achieved with any other DPF at the same peak current.

End of May Update Soon

2010-06-08T22:43:55Z

FFS Global Warming Policy

2010-06-04T00:00:58Z

The global warming debate that has dominated our forum posts is distracting from the Focus Fusion Mission. It will hereby be capped by Monday, June 7.

First Simulation Success

2010-05-05T13:20:23Z

A joint team from LPP and Focus Fusion Society has produced a first numerically stable run of 70 ns simulating the formation of a single filament as part of the plasma sheath in a DPF.