A confinement option for a stationary fusion plasma
Abstract
A process occurring in an ionization type vacuum pump is recalled as a feasible method for confinement of a cold stable plasma. Electrode configurations, behavior of the plasma pinch, shaping of the bottle-shaped magnetic field by coils, behavior of the Li or molten-metal plasma in the boundary layer, and bunching effects are described. The behavior of the configuration is compared to that of a linear electron accelerator and a tokamak fusion machine. An empirical approach is proposed and difficulties in arriving at a theoretically sound explanation are noted. The original ion pump was announced by Foster, Lawrence, and Lofgren (1953).
- Publication:
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Energia es Atomtechnika
- Pub Date:
- May 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976EnAt...29..214B
- Keywords:
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- Cold Plasmas;
- Controlled Fusion;
- Ion Pumps;
- Magnetic Field Configurations;
- Plasma Control;
- Metallic Plasmas;
- Plasma Pinch;
- Tokamak Devices;
- Vacuum Pumps;
- Plasma Physics