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Pacific Fusion pulsed-power facility to host external users
Concept art of Pacific Fusion’s demonstration system. (Image: Pacific Fusion)
Pacific Fusion is preparing to start construction on a pulsed-power inertial fusion facility in New Mexico, and today the company announced it is seeking expressions of interest from researchers in industry, academia, and government who may want to run experiments at the facility.
Patrick F. O’Rourke, Scott D. Ramsey
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 199 | Number 1 | April 2025 | Pages S264-S294
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2024.2343119
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The Grigoriev-Meleshko Method, an indirect Lie group theory method, is used to derive the symmetry determining equations (SDEs) of the neutron transport equation (NTE) and the coupled delayed neutron precursor equations (DNPEs). A solution to the SDEs is a Lie group of transformations that can be used to reduce the order of the NTE and DNPEs or outright solve the equations. We found several solutions of the SDEs and worked through the mathematical algorithm to demonstrate relationships of instantiations of the NTE and its known solutions with the Lie groups. Examples of solutions include the Lie group that allows for the transformation of the differential form of the NTE to the integral form of the NTE; the Lie groups that permit Case’s solution; and the Lie group used to transform from the NTE to the α-eigenvalue form of the NTE.