Plasma heating and densification in axisymmetric toroidal plasma confinement devices
Abstract
Abstract A TWO-STAGE PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND CONFINING A HOT, DENSE PLASMA FOR ACHIEVING CONTROLLED THERMONUCLEAR FUSION IN AN AXISYMMETRIC TOROIDAL CONFINEMENT DEVICE BY FIRST TRAPPING AN ELECTRON PLASMA IN A CLOSED MINIMUM-(B) MAGNETIC MIRROR CONFINING FIELD REGION OF THE DEVICE AND RAISING SOME TO RELATIVISTIC TEMPERATURES BY ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON RESONANCE MICROWAVE HEATING, AND THEREAFTER INJECTING A COLD DENSE PULSE OF NEUTRAL GASEOUS THERMONUCLEAR FUEL INTO THE CONFINING FIELD REGION FOR INTERACTION WITH THE HOT ELECTRONS THEREIN IN A COLLISIONAL HEAT TRANSFER MODE PRODUCTIVE OF ION HEATING TO MULTIKEY, TEMPERATURE WITH A VERY HIGH PLASMA DENSITY OF THE ORDER OF 10**13/CM.3 TO 10**14/CM.3.
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- 👤 Charles W Hartman
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