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===Radiation===

Rider estimated that once the plasma is thermalized the [[radiation]] losses would outpace any amount of [[nuclear fusion|fusion]] energy generated. He focused on a specific type of radiation: [[bremsstrahlung|X-ray]] radiation. A particle in a plasma will radiate light anytime it speeds up or slows down. This can be estimated using the [[Larmor formula]]. Rider estimated this for D–T (deuterium–tritium fusion), D–D (deuterium fusion), and D–He3 (deuterium–helium 3 fusion), and that breakeven operation with any fuel except D–T is difficult.<ref name="Plasma Physics 1995"/>