ptrubey wrote: Can anyone point me to a paper or post that discusses the expected net energy output of a reactor based on this technology taking into account energy input, X-ray cooling losses, conversion losses, etc. I read many of the papers here a while ago but don’t remember seeing such an analysis.
Since the posted reply contains a no-longer active link, try this one instead: http://www.arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0710/0710.3149.pdf
It’s EL’s zero-dimensional simulation. Should contain most of the answers you’re looking for.
