Fusion and the Sun

Fusion of the sun

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The ignition of the ongioing fusion reaction began in the sun, around 4.5 billion years ago when the sun was "born"

Fusions Beggining

Mar 4, 1932

Mark Oliphant was the first to perform Fussion of carbon isotopes in the lab

Thermonuclear Fusion

Feb 19, 1941

The idea of a thermonuclear fusion bomb ignited by a smaller fission bomb was first proposed by Enrico Fermi to his colleague Edward Teller in 1941

Lyman Spitzer

Sep 10, 1951

Lyman Splitzer worked on the stellerator which was a secret project "matterhorn" with the U.S when the US Fission Program began

Ivy Mike

Nov 1, 1952

First Thermonuclear bomb detonated that came from nuclear fission

Researchers Gather

Oct 18, 1954

Edward Teller held a gathering of fusion researchers at the Princeton Gun Club

Hydrogen Bomb Lost in ocean

Feb 27, 1958

The Tybee Bomb is a 7,600-lb (3,500-kg) hydrogen bomb containing 400 lb (180 kg) of conventional high explosives and highly enriched uranium

KMS

May 1, 1974

KMS Fusion (a private company founded by Kip Siegel) carried out the world's first successful laser-induced fusion in a deuterium-tritium pellet, the evidence for which was provided by neutron-sensitive nuclear emulsion detectors developed by Robert Hofstadter.

Cold Fusion

Mar 3, 1989

Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann, were the 2 first to be successful with cold fussion- fusion reactions which could occur at room temperatures

Pyroelectric Fusion

Apr 18, 2005

Pyroelectric fusion was reported in April 2005 by a team at UCLA.