arXiv:physics/0507125physics.plasm-ph
Antimatter induced fusion and thermonuclear explosions
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Abstract
The feasibility of using antihydrogen for igniting inertial confinement fusion pellets or triggering large scale thermonuclear explosions is investigated. The number of antiproton annihilations required to start a thermonuclear burn wave in either DT or Li_2DT is found to be about 10^{21}/k^2, where k is the compression factor of the fuel to be ignited. In the second part, the technologies for producing antiprotons with high energy accelerator systems and the means for manipulating and storing microgram amounts of antihydrogen are examined. While there seems to be no theoretical obstacles to the production of 10^{18} antiprotons per day (the amount required for triggering one thermonuclear bomb), the construction of such a plant involves several techniques which are between 3 and 4 orders of magnitude away from present day technology.
Several militaries are looing into making it happen anyway: http://cui.unige.ch/isi/sscr/phys/anti-BPP-3.html https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0507125 Note: The second one has very interesting implications for safety of citizens in countries possessing such devices. Especially…
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