Advances in Nuclear Fusion

by Prof. Johann Rafelski (The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ)

Monday 24 Nov 2025, 13:00 → 14:00 Europe/Berlin

XHV / Auditorium (European XFEL, Schenefeld)

A short review of our understanding of the nuclear fusion processes in the Sun is followed by a brief rear-mirror view of nuclear fusion weapons. I clarify imitations of such approaches in civilian use and focus on opportunities employing novel technologies serving civilian use of nuclear fusion. I discuss nuclear reaction cycles available to us. I describe the status of recently explored novel fusion approaches. I will offer an outlook with focus on systems which can be small in scale when realized. I will describe recent ideas related to novel use of nanotechnology to initiate nuclear fusion burn.

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