Magnetic-compression/magnetized-target fusion (MAGO/MTF) [electronic resource] : A marriage of inertial and magnetic confinement

Published:: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1996.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description:: 15 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Intermediate between magnetic confinement (MFE) and inertial confinement (ICF) in time and density scales is an area of research now known in the US as magnetized target fusion (MTF) and in Russian as MAGO (MAGnitnoye Obzhatiye--magnetic compression). MAGO/MTF uses a magnetic field and preheated, wall-confined plasma fusion fuel within an implodable fusion target. The magnetic field suppresses thermal conduction losses in the fuel during the target implosion and hydrodynamic compression heating process. In contrast to direct, hydrodynamic compression of initially ambient-temperature fuel (i.e., ICF), MAGO/MTF involves two steps: (a) formation of a warm (e.g., 100 eV or higher), magnetized (e.g., 100 kG) plasma within a fusion target prior to implosion; (b) subsequent quasi-adiabatic compression by an imploding pusher, of which a magnetically driven imploding liner is one example. In this paper, the authors present ongoing activities and potential future activities in this relatively unexplored area of controlled thermonuclear fusion.

Report Numbers:

E 1.99:la-ur--96-3939
E 1.99: conf-961005--14
conf-961005--14
la-ur--96-3939

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Plasma Physics And Fusion

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Published through SciTech Connect.
12/31/1996.
"la-ur--96-3939"
" conf-961005--14"
"DE97002445"
16. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) international conference on plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion research, Montreal (Canada), 7-11 Oct 1996.
Ekdahl, C.A.; Kirkpatrick, R.C.; Lindemuth, I.R.

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W-7405-ENG-36

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