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Description: Implosion of a fusion microcapsule on the NOVA laser system. This miniature “star” was created in the Nova laser target chamber as 300 trillion watts of power hit a 0.5-millimeter-diameter target capsule containing deuterium–tritium fuel.
Title: Fusion target implosion on NOVA laser
Credit: September 2002 ST&R publication, page 25 [1]
Author: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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