Abstract
Alpha particles (3.5 MeV) from the deuterium-tritium reaction have been calculated to reflect from a high-$Z$, Fermi-degenerate shell surrounding the fuel of inertial fusion targets. This leads to a reduction in the minimum fuel $\ensuremath{\rho}R$ (density-radius product) needed to sustain a thermonuclear burn, and possibly to a reduction of the minimum input energy required to achieve thermonuclear ignition.
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