On the stability of a very dense deuterium-tritium plasma ball

TL;DR

This paper discusses the stability conditions of a dense deuterium-tritium plasma ball, emphasizing the importance of high temperature and pressure for classical statistical behavior and stability at high densities.

Contribution

It provides a theoretical analysis of the stability criteria for dense plasma balls, highlighting the role of temperature and pressure in maintaining classical statistical conditions.

Findings

Stability of dense plasma balls depends on high temperature and pressure.

Classical statistics apply only at sufficiently high densities.

Decreasing plasma size requires conditions that sustain classical behavior.

Abstract

General conditions of stability of a very dense deuterium-tritium plasma ball are discussed. It is shown that the decrease in the size of a plasma ball (increase in the plasma density) can be expected only when the temperature and the pressure in the plasma ball are kept high enough for all the particles, the nuclei and the delocalized electrons, to be described by classical statistics.