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Christofilos Astron Fusion 2011
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Published in 2011 by researchers affiliated with Princeton University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, this review article chronicles the history of the Astron project and the career of its creator, Nicholas Christofilos, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory between 1956 and 1973. The document explores Christofilos's unconventional path from a Greek electrical engineer to a leading figure in American fusion research, focusing on his innovations in magnetic field reversal and the development of the linear induction accelerator.
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ST_CODE: 5DD716
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DOC-COLEMAN2
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8/9/2026
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INTRODUCTION
REVIEW ARTICLE Greek Fire: Nicholas Christofilos and the Astron Project in America’s Early Fusion Program Elisheva R. Coleman • Samuel A. Cohen • Michael S. Mahoney Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011
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Published in 2011 by researchers affiliated with Princeton University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, this review article chronicles the history of the Astron project and the career of its creator, Nicholas Christofilos, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory between 1956 and 1973. T...
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