2003/09/25 by J. M. Taccetti, T. Intrator, G. A. Wurden +28 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · Engineering · #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics #Particle accelerators and beam dynamics #Plasma #Magnetic field #Physics #Fusion #Electric field #Field-reversed configuration #RADIUS #Atomic physics #Nuclear fusion #Injector #Field (mathematics) #Fusion power #Nuclear magnetic resonance #Magnetic confinement fusion #Nuclear physics #Tokamak
paper · doi:10.1063/1.1606534
openalex publication_date 2003/09/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
We describe the experiment and technology leading to a target plasma for the magnetized target fusion research effort, an approach to fusion wherein a plasma with embedded magnetic fields is formed and subsequently adiabatically compressed to fusion conditions. The target plasmas under consideration, field-reversed configurations (FRCs), have the required closed-field-line topology and are translatable and compressible. Our goal is to form high-density (1017 cm−3) FRCs on the field-reversed experiment-liner (FRX-L) device, inside a 36 cm long, 6.2 cm radius theta coil, with 5 T peak magnetic field and an azimuthal electric field as high as 1 kV/cm. FRCs have been formed with an equilibrium density ne≈(1 to 2)×1016 cm−3, Te+Ti≈250 eV, and excluded flux ≈2 to 3 mWb.