Abstract :
The following topics are dealt with: fast opening vacuum switches for high-power inductive energy storage, electric fields in decaying CTX spheromaks, pressure driven instability, magnetic force-free configurations, S-1 spheromak discharges, RACE experiment, reflection of accelerated plasma rings from conical electrodes, compact toroid formation and acceleration, MARAUDER, LSX FRC device, ignition-switched energy storage modules, plasma vessel design.<>
Keywords :
collective accelerators; energy storage; energy storage devices; pinch effect; plasma instability; plasma switches; plasma toroidal confinement; LSX FRC device; MARAUDER; RACE experiment; S-1 spheromak discharges; compact toroid formation; conical electrodes; decaying CTX spheromaks; electric fields; fast opening vacuum switches; high-power inductive energy storage; ignition-switched energy storage modules; magnetic force-free configurations; plasma vessel design; pressure driven instability; reflection of accelerated plasma rings; Energy storage; Induction accelerators; Magnetic confinement; Plasma pinch; Plasma stability;
