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[deleted] t1_j0tfosc wrote

Reply to comment by vegiimite in How do X-rays “compress” a nuclear fusion pellet? by i_owe_them13

Wouldn't the heat then be what overwhelms the coulomb forces that would normally keep nuclei apart at that point? Would you even need anything else aside from a magnetic field to act in lieu of intense gravity to maintain the fusion at that point, or am I wildly misunderstanding?

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[deleted] t1_j0tgm9d wrote

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[deleted] t1_j0thpwr wrote

Oh cool! Well, not literally (in that case, hah, I know, lame physics joke.) Thank you! I only have a superficial knowledge of things because I was going in as an NMM and couldn't complete all of my classes, just the 60% or so that kept insisting it was the basics. I wish I coulda gone further in college, but the math just broke my mind.

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