Magnetized Target Fusion - Field Reversed Configuration Formation and Injection (MTF-FRC)

Abstract

DETAR Task 0rder 0016 supports the Air Force Research Laboratory's ongoing effort to demonstrate magnetized target fusion in a laboratory environment. The experimental premise involves forming a plasma in a field-reversed configuration (FRC), translating it a short distance from where it was formed into a cylindrical flux-conserving shell (solid liner), and then adiabatically compressing it to fusion-relevant densities and temperatures by imploding the liner around it. The name "FRCHX," for "FRC Compression Heating eXperiment" has been given to this effort. SAIC and its subcontractors perform this work in collaboration with AFRL personnel, as well as with scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of New Mexico, and the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 06, 2009
Accession Number
ADA515801

Entities

People

  • Chris Grabowski
  • Wayne Sommars

Organizations

  • Leidos

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Charge Coupled Devices
  • Circuit Analysis
  • Computers
  • Contractors
  • Data Acquisition
  • Fabrication
  • Magnetic Flux Density
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Power Supplies
  • Scientists
  • Teamwork
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transmission Lines
  • Uninterruptible Power Supplies

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.