[Triumf-seminars] TRIUMF Colloquium today at 14:00

[TRIUMF Seminars]

Date/Time: Thu 2023-09-14 at 14:00

Location:  Auditorium/Hybrid   

Speaker:   Mark Chadwick (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Title:     The early history of fusion

Abstract: Join Zoom Meeting
https://uvic.zoom.us/j/89321795521?pwd=cVFac2hjN2hwTWllVmovMVZXbUJuUT09

Meeting ID: 893 2179 5521
Password: 490743
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I describe the earliest discoveries in nuclear fusion, including the first measurements of the DT fusion cross section at Purdue and then Los Alamos. I discuss these in the context of the latest understanding today - R matrix analyses at Los Alamos and ab initio calculations at TRIUMF, Livermore and the CEA.The Los Alamos 1945-6 measurement by Bretscher and French led to the discovery of the 3/2+ resonance that is responsible for enhancing DT fusion by a factor of one hundred, opening up the possibility of fusion energy technologies.



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