Scientists image the sea monster of nuclear fusion: the Rayleigh-Taylor instability
Friday, November 12, 2010 - 06:20
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new X-ray imaging capability has taken pictures of a critical instability at the heart of Sandia's huge Z accelerator. The effort may help remove a major impediment in the worldwide, multidecade, multibillion dollar effort to harness nuclear fusion to generate electrical power from sea water.