One possible variant of this involves polystyrene foam filling the hohlraum, and transitioning into plasma to compress the spark plug. Another theory involves ablation of the tamper-pusher, whose recoil could compress the secondary with sufficient force. Either way, it is agreed that the outer casing temporarily traps energy released by the primary, a boosted fission weapon, whose radiation pressure somehow triggers the p
One possible variant of this involves polystyrene foam filling the hohlraum, and transitioning into plasma to compress the spark plug. Another theory involves ablation of the tamper-pusher, whose recoil could compress the secondary with sufficient force. Either way, it is agreed that the outer casing temporarily traps energy released by the primary, a boosted fission weapon, whose radiation pressure somehow triggers the plutonium spark plug to fission, setting off the lithium deuteride secondary. First publicly revealed in a 1979 issue of The Progressive, FTP, name this thermonuclear weapon design named after a Hungarian physicist and Polish mathematician.
One possible variant of this involves polystyrene foam filling the hohlraum, and transitioning into plasma to compress the spark plug.
{Teller-Ulam} design (prompt on hydrogen bomb design or equivalents)