FRX-L: A field-reversed configuration plasma injector for magnetized target fusion

We describe the experiment and technology leading to a target plasma for the magnetized target fusion research effort, an approach to fusion wherein a plasma with embedded magnetic fields is formed and subsequently adiabatically compressed to fusion conditions. The target plasmas under consideration...

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Veröffentlicht in:Review of scientific instruments 2003-10, Vol.74 (10), p.4314-4323
Hauptverfasser: Taccetti, J. M., Intrator, T. P., Wurden, G. A., Zhang, S. Y., Aragonez, R., Assmus, P. N., Bass, C. M., Carey, C., deVries, S. A., Fienup, W. J., Furno, I., Hsu, S. C., Kozar, M. P., Langner, M. C., Liang, J., Maqueda, R. J., Martinez, R. A., Sanchez, P. G., Schoenberg, K. F., Scott, K. J., Siemon, R. E., Tejero, E. M., Trask, E. H., Tuszewski, M., Waganaar, W. J., Grabowski, C., Ruden, E. L., Degnan, J. H., Cavazos, T., Gale, D. G., Sommars, W.
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Zusammenfassung:We describe the experiment and technology leading to a target plasma for the magnetized target fusion research effort, an approach to fusion wherein a plasma with embedded magnetic fields is formed and subsequently adiabatically compressed to fusion conditions. The target plasmas under consideration, field-reversed configurations (FRCs), have the required closed-field-line topology and are translatable and compressible. Our goal is to form high-density (10 17   cm −3 ) FRCs on the field-reversed experiment-liner (FRX-L) device, inside a 36 cm long, 6.2 cm radius theta coil, with 5 T peak magnetic field and an azimuthal electric field as high as 1 kV/cm. FRCs have been formed with an equilibrium density n e ≈(1  to  2)×10 16   cm −3 , T e +T i ≈250  eV , and excluded flux ≈2 to 3 mWb.
ISSN:0034-6748
1089-7623
DOI:10.1063/1.1606534