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QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT OF THE LASL CONTROLLED THERMONUCLEAR RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR PERIOD ENDING MAY 20, 1960

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4167507
The major topics of study reported on include: (1) confinement of plasma in picket fence systems (cusped geometries); (2) trapping of plasma into magnetic confining systems by the entropy trapping method; (3) acceleration of plasma in various types of gun for use with the above, and studies of these guns; (4) axial compression in mirror geometry (Scylla and Orthogonal Pinch); (5) toroidal stabilized pinch (Perhapsatron S-5), loss process studies; (6) plasma rotation in crossed electric and magnetic fields in magnetic mirror geometry (Ixion); (7) plasma oscilla- . tions and observation of the modulation of a scattered mi- crowave beam by plasma oscillations; (8) calculations of ionization and excitation cross sections; and (9) capacitor energy storage (Zeus) and component development. (auth)
Research Organization:
Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N. Mex.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
NSA Number:
NSA-14-021031
OSTI ID:
4167507
Report Number(s):
LAMS-2444
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English