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Target Formation Experiments and Modeling for Plasma Jet Driven Magneto-Inertial Fusion

S. Langendorf A. LaJoie F. Chu A. Case D. Michta +6 lainnya

Abstrak

The Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX) at Los Alamos National Laboratory is studying plasma-jet driven magneto-inertial fusion (PJMIF), an innovative fusion approach in which a magnetized target plasma is compressed and heated by a spherically imploding plasma liner. We report on experimental efforts towards target formation experiments using colliding magnetized plasma jets, formed by coaxial plasma guns with applied field. In the collision of high-beta magnetized jets, we observe aspects of collisional and collisionless plasma dynamics during the jet collision and stagnation, informed by Doppler ion spectroscopy measurements of ion bulk flow and thermalization. Implications for future integrated liner-on-target compression experiments are presented. We also describe a range of kinetic and fluid modeling efforts studying both the near-term experimental scale as well as scaling of the broader PJMIF concept.

Penulis (11)

S

S. Langendorf

A

A. LaJoie

F

F. Chu

A

A. Case

D

D. Michta

F

F. Witherspoon

H

H. Wen

E

E. Hansen

P

P. Farmakis

C

C. Ren

P

P. Tzeferacos

Format Sitasi

Langendorf, S., LaJoie, A., Chu, F., Case, A., Michta, D., Witherspoon, F. et al. (2023). Target Formation Experiments and Modeling for Plasma Jet Driven Magneto-Inertial Fusion. https://doi.org/10.1109/icops45740.2023.10481489

Akses Cepat

Informasi Jurnal
Tahun Terbit
2023
Bahasa
en
Sumber Database
Semantic Scholar
DOI
10.1109/icops45740.2023.10481489
Akses
Open Access ✓