NDLI: Review of Some Plasma Gun Techniques for Fusion at Megagauss Energy Densities

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Author	Turchi, P.J. Roderick, N.F. Degnan, J.H. Frese, M.H. Amdahl, D.J.
Copyright Year	1973
Abstract	Plasma guns offer opportunities to generate and direct plasma flows at high energy density. Typically, such guns comprise coaxial electrodes that are connected to high-current sources (e.g., capacitor banks, pulse lines, inductive stores, or magnetic-flux-compression generators). The basic interactions include ionization of materials such as injected gas or preinstalled wires/foils, acceleration of these materials by the Lorentz force, and expulsion of the resulting plasma flows. We review the use of a particular arrangement in the form of a plasma flow switch that acts as a multimegampere commutator, but it can also provide a magnetized-plasma target for compression by an imploding liner. In a quite separate concept, a plurality of quasi-steady plasma guns in a spherical array provides converging, collimated jets to compress plasma with stand-off from the plasma generators and chamber walls. Such stand-off in a repetitively pulsed system can be crucial for the development of fusion power reactors at megagauss energy densities.
Sponsorship	IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
Starting Page	1864
Ending Page	1873
Page Count	10
File Size	1467739
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00933813
Volume Number	38
Issue Number	8
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2010-08-01
Publisher Place	U.S.A.
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Plasma density Plasma sources Plasma materials processing Guns Fusion power generation Plasma accelerators Magnetic separation Magnetic materials Switches Coaxial components plasma guns Megagauss nuclear fusion
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nuclear and High Energy Physics Condensed Matter Physics

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