Recent progress on the HESS (High Explosive Spheromak Source) experiment
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
The new objective of the Los Alamos spheromak program is to assess the use of magnetized plasmas as an energy transfer medium to accelerate material objects to hyper-velocities ({approx gt} 20 km/s). In meeting this objective, we are committed to the subordinate goals of creating high field, long-lived spheromak discharges, examining the technical feasibility of employing High Explosives (HE) to compress seed spheromaks, and investigate the technical requirements involved in forming spheromaks by Mechanical Helicity Injection (MHI) using HE. This paper describes the recent efforts of the CTR-5, M-4, and M-6 groups at Los Alamos in assessing the feasibility of generating magnetic helicity by mechanical means in the High Explosive Spheromak Source (HESS) experiment. 3 refs., 3 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/DP
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 5347841
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-89-3827; CONF-8911130-4; ON: DE90003218
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 11. US/Japan workshop on field-reversed configurations and compact toroids, Los Alamos, NM (USA), 7-9 Nov 1989
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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