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Investigation
Fritz Houtermans and Robert d'Escourt made the first calculations of thermonuclear reactions (in space) -
Hans Bethe
Hans Bethe is credited as being the master of physics in his time. Bethe wrote three papers containing all he knew about nuclear fusion, and they were published. Over the next few months, he worked out the basic processes of fusion in the sun. -
Fermi and Teller
Enrico Fermi suggested the idea of imitating nuclear fusion in the sun to make a weapon to Edward Teller. This would be achieved by using fission to initiate fusion. -
Plasma
The first kiloampere plasma was created in a lab in a tokamak at the Imperial College in London. -
The Huemel Project
Argentina claimed in a press release that their nuclear fusion project, called "Project Huemel" has enabled them to control nuclear fusion after producing it. -
Ivy Mike
Ivy Mike was the first thermonuclear device dropped by the USA. It had a force of 62 tons, and referred to by the Russian scientists as "thermonuclear installation". -
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Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy was a series of nuclear tests where the USA dropped two nuclear fusion bombs. They were called Ivy Mike and Ivy King. -
Pinch Devices
Pinch devices in the US and USSR attempted to take the reactions to fusion levels without worrying about stability. Pinch devices basically compress of electric filaments with magnetic forces. They then make plasma. -
Tokamak
Research of tokamak systems started at Kurchatov Institute, Moscow by a group of Soviet scientists. They were starting to research destruction techniques. -
Nobel Prize in Physics
Hans Bethe won the Nobel Prize in Physics for showing how fusion in stars works. -
Farnsworth-Hirsch Fusor
The Farnsworth-Hirsch Fusor was designed by Philo T. Farnsworth and its inventors said that it could control fusion. All it really did though was produce free neutrons.
