Bumpy torus plasma confinement device
Abstract
Abstract A TOROIDAL THERMONUCLEAR PLASMA CONTAINMENT DEVICE IS PROVIDED IN WHICH FULL TOROIDAL PLASMA CONFINEMENT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY JOINING A SET OF INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS CONTAINING STEADY-STATE, HIGH-B, HOT ELECTRON PLASMAS, SUSTAINED AND HEATED BY MICROWAVE POWER, TO STABILIZE A LESS ENERGETIC TOROIDALLY CONFINED PLASMA COMPONENT. EACH SEGMENT COMPRISES A HIGH-B RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON PLASMA RING THAT IS FORMED BETWEEN TWO CANTED MIRROR COILS WITH REASONANT AND UPPER OFF-RESONANT MICROWAVE HEATING WHEN THE TWO MIRROR COILS ARE PIVOTED ABOUT PARALLEL AXES (NORMAL TO THE MIRROR AXIS) BY EQUAL BUT OPPOSITE ANGLES TO PRODUCE THE NONAXISYMMETRIC PLASMA RING. THUS, A BUMPY TOURS IS PROVIDED WHICH IS MADE MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICALLY STABLE BY MAINTAINING IN EACH BUMP OF THE TORUS, AND OUTSIDE THE TOROIDAL PLASMA, A HIGH PRESSURE RELATIVISTI ELECTRON PLASMA RING WHICH IS ITSELF STABILIZED BY COLD PLASMA LINE TYING.
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- 👤 R Dandl
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