ikanreed wrote: Isn’t it supposed to be fusion via dense plasma focus? Am I just demonstrating my ignorance here, or is “Dense plasma fusion” not actually a thing?
Ah, I’m being especially dense… you meant the appropriateness of the use of the phrase as opposed to whether the author of the article knew what it meant.
The plasma in an FF unit is much denser than the plasma in devices such as a tokamak, albeit much smaller, so dense plasma fusion is indeed an appropriate phrase.
… and, come to think of it, it can be a nice way to separate the concept in the public mind from the other fusion contenders…
Note to self: try to wake up before posting.
… we’ll know if the phrasing is successful if the NIF gang tries to glom on to it… 🙂
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