Joint US/Russian plasma formation experiments for magnetic compression/magnetized target fusion (MAGO/MTF)

Author

Lindemuth, I.R. ; Reinovsky, R.E. ; Chrien, R.E. ; Christian, J.M. ; Ekdahl, C.A. ; Goforth, J.H. ; Haight, R.C. ; Idzorek, G. ; King, N.S. ; Kirkpatrick, R.C. ; Larson, R.E. ; Morgan, G.L. ; Olinger, B.W. ; Oona, H. ; Sheehey, P.T. ; Shlachter, J.S. ; Sm

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

3-6 July 1995

Firstpage

601

Abstract

Magnetic compression/magnetized target fusion (MAGO/MTF) is an area of fusion research that is intermediate between magnetic fusion energy (MFE) and inertial confinement fusion (ICF) in time and density scales. In this paper, the authors report the results of experiments exploring a scheme for forming a hot, magnetized plasma possibly suited for subsequent implosion in a MAGO/MTF context. The experiment described here used a copper plasma formation chamber. The outer radius of the plasma volume was 10 cm. The chamber was initially filled with 10 Torr of 50% deuterium, 50% tritium gas seeded with 0.01% neon for diagnostic purposes. The chamber behavior was computationally modeled using two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic techniques.

Keywords

magnetic fields; plasma inertial confinement; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; power supplies to apparatus; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; 10 cm; 10 torr; MAGO/MTF; chamber behavior; computational modelling; copper plasma formation chamber; deuterium; hot magnetized plasma; magnetic compression/magnetized target fusion; plasma formation experiments; plasma volume; pulsed power supplies; tritium gas; two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic techniques; Breakdown voltage; Circuits; Current measurement; Drives; Electrical resistance measurement; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic flux; Plasma measurements; Probes; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulsed Power Conference, 1995. Digest of Technical Papers., Tenth IEEE International

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2791-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PPC.1995.596738

Filename

596738