Christofilos
Nicholas Christofilos, a physicist who proposed the Astron fusion experiment at LLNL in the 1960s, establishing the field-reversed configuration geometry.
01 Definition
Nicholas Christofilos, a physicist who proposed the Astron fusion experiment at LLNL in the 1960s, establishing the field-reversed configuration geometry.
02 Detailed_Analysis
Nicholas Christofilos, a physicist who proposed the Astron fusion experiment at LLNL in the 1960s, establishing the field-reversed configuration geometry. Nicholas Christofilos, a physicist who proposed the Astron fusion experiment at LLNL in the 1960s, establishing the field-reversed configuration geometry.
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Nicholas Christofilos, a physicist who proposed the Astron fusion experiment at LLNL in the 1960s, establishing the field-reversed configuration geometry.
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Nicholas Christofilos, a physicist who proposed the Astron fusion experiment at LLNL in the 1960s, establishing the field-reversed configuration geometry.
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Birth of Nicholas Christofilos
Nicholas Christofilos, the future architect of the Astron fusion project, is born in Boston to Greek parents.
personnelChristofilos Academic Graduation
Nicholas Christofilos graduates from the National Polytechnic Institute in Athens with a degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.
personnelChristofilos Physics Self-Education
During the Nazi occupation of Greece, Christofilos begins a rigorous self-education in nuclear physics using German textbooks while supervising truck repairs.
personnelAstron Project Inception
Nicholas Christofilos applies for an accelerator patent, and the Astron project begins at Livermore National Laboratory focusing on relativistic electron rings.
fusion-physicsFirst Accelerator Patent Application
Nicholas Christofilos applies for a patent on an accelerator design similar to the synchrotron.
fusion-physicsChristofilos Contacts Berkeley
Christofilos sends his first letter to the University of California Radiation Laboratory (UCRL) proposing improvements to accelerator performance.
fusion-physicsChristofilos conceives strong-focusing principle for accelerators
Patented 1950. Rediscovered by Brookhaven 1952. Revolutionized accelerators. Weapons application proposed by Wilson.
defense-programsStrong Focusing Principle Conceived
Christofilos writes to Berkeley delineating the 'strong focusing' or 'alternate gradient focusing' principle, which is initially ignored.
fusion-physicsStrong Focusing Patent Filed
Christofilos files a patent application for his strong focusing invention, later granted as US Patent 2,736,799.
fusion-physicsProject Sherwood established
The U.S. AEC's classified controlled-fusion program begins at LANL and partner labs.
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