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This study uses finite element modeling validated against real wire cross-sections from electron microscopy to quantify internal mechanical strains in Nb3Sn superconducting wires used in high-field magnets. The same methodology is directly transferable to REBCO high-temperature superconducting tape coils in fusion magnets, where Lorentz forces exceeding 100 MPa during operation and thermal contraction during cooldown from 300 K to 4 K cause strain that can fracture the superconducting layer. Understanding where and how strain concentrates in real (not idealized) conductor geometry is a prerequisite for setting safe operating margins and designing effective quench protection.

██████████ 0.6 hts-magnets Peer-reviewed

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Path Integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) is applied to calculate the thermophysical properties — specific heat, density, and other thermodynamic quantities — of liquid tritium at cryogenic temperatures, where quantum effects from tritium's low mass are significant and classical simulations fail. Tritium breeding blankets must circulate or store liquid tritium at temperatures between roughly 20 K and 77 K; accurate thermal and transport properties are needed to design heat exchangers, inventory control systems, and tritium extraction loops. Current blanket thermal-hydraulic codes rely on interpolated experimental data that is sparse and difficult to obtain safely; PIMC provides a first-principles route to filling these gaps across the full operating envelope.

██████████ 0.6 tritium-breeding Peer-reviewed

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This particle physics paper develops statistical validation procedures for machine learning-based event generators used in LHC simulations, demonstrating that ML generative models require rigorous testing before replacing traditional Monte Carlo codes. The statistical validation methodology — testing whether a learned simulator reproduces the correct distribution of outputs across a wide parameter space — is a transferable technique relevant to fusion plasma turbulence modeling, where ML surrogates are increasingly used to replace expensive gyrokinetic codes. The connection is methodological rather than direct, and the fusion relevance is weak.

██████████ 0.1 turbulence-modeling Peer-reviewed

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This paper claims the Schwinger effect (electron-positron pair creation in strong electric fields) confirms a self-constructed cosmological framework called the Harmonic Framework of Reality. Independent assessment flags this as non-reproducible: no experimental data, no derivations, and a core undefined variable. The paper has no credible connection to fusion magnet research despite a nominal assignment to the HTS magnets roadblock; it should be excluded from evidence-based roadblock tracking.

██████████ 0.1 hts-magnets Peer-reviewed

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A duplicate submission to the previous entry (different Zenodo version DOI, identical content), this paper interprets the Schwinger pair-production threshold as validation of a 'Tau lattice anchored at 27 Hz' framework. Independent assessment confirms zero reproducibility and no formal derivations. Like its companion submission, it carries no actionable signal for fusion magnet development despite its nominal roadblock tag.

██████████ 0.1 hts-magnets Peer-reviewed

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This paper proposes deriving fundamental constants from a 48-dimensional configuration space topology using Riemann-Cartan geometry, without any empirical data or testable predictions. Independent assessment rates reproducibility as effectively zero. There is no meaningful connection to fusion plasma turbulence modeling; the roadblock tag appears to be a false-positive classification.

██████████ 0.0 turbulence-modeling Peer-reviewed

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This accelerator physics thesis develops transformer-based neural network taggers for identifying b-quark jets in highly boosted Higgs boson decays at the LHC, alongside improved muon tracking algorithms. The machine learning methodology — training neural networks on detector simulation outputs with systematic uncertainty handling — is a general technique used in plasma diagnostics and control at fusion facilities, but the direct fusion relevance is marginal. No fusion roadblock is addressed.

██████████ 0.0 q-engineering Peer-reviewed

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Qice is an open-source quantum circuit simulator built on the Dinfio programming language, supporting quantum algorithms, information theory, and machine learning applications. Quantum computing is a speculative long-term tool for plasma simulation and optimization problems in fusion, but this particular software release has no demonstrated application to fusion-relevant problems. Its relevance is prospective and distant.

██████████ 0.0 q-engineering Peer-reviewed

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This theoretical paper derives an optimal schedule for distributing entangling operations across quantum circuit layers to minimize decoherence under a coherence-budget constraint, with numerical validation on density-matrix simulations. It addresses a fundamental challenge in near-term quantum hardware that would eventually be relevant to quantum simulation of plasma physics, but no fusion application is demonstrated. Independent assessment rates confidence as low due to lack of hardware validation.

██████████ 0.0 q-engineering Peer-reviewed

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This paper proposes a geometric model of photons and electrons as structured configurations, relying primarily on 3D visual models rather than formal mathematical derivations or experimental tests. Independent assessment finds reproducibility concerns due to absence of code, data, or derivations. The work has no identifiable connection to any active fusion roadblock.

██████████ 0.0 plasma-wall Peer-reviewed

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