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In December 2022, the U.S. National Ignition Facility achieved net energy gain with this process by using 192 lasers to heat a gold hohlraum that then bathed a fuel capsule in X-rays. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this process that produces heavier elements by combining lighter ones.
ANSWER: nuclear fusion [accept laser fusion; accept, BUT DO NOT REVEAL, inertial confinement fusion]
[10m] The NIF experiment achieved fusion using this method. This method of fusion satisfies the Lawson criterion for ignition by rapidly compressing fuel pellets.
ANSWER: inertial confinement fusion [or ICF]
[10h] To prevent mixing between the plastic capsule that undergoes this process and the DT fuel, the NIF experiment used a high-foot implosion. Inertial confinement fusion relies on the reaction force from this process to cause an implosion in the fuel pellet.
ANSWER: ablation [accept laser ablation]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2312.17100%22%0%

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Chicago AGeorgia Tech A1010020
Penn State AClaremont A100010
Columbia BUC Berkeley B100010
Florida AOhio State A1010020
Harvard AMIT A100010
Columbia AIndiana A100010
Yale BIowa State A100010
Maryland AChicago B100010
Vanderbilt AMichigan A100010
Rutgers BMinnesota B100010
Florida BNYU A100010
Minnesota ANorth Carolina A100010
Purdue AImperial A1010020
Duke AStanford A100010
Toronto AUC Berkeley A100010
South Carolina AWUSTL B100010
Brown AYale A100010
Northwestern AChicago C100010
Cornell AWUSTL A1010020
Texas ACornell B1010020
Johns Hopkins AHouston A100010
Rutgers AIllinois A100010
Virginia APenn A100010