CUSPED GEOMETRIES
For the thermonuclear application, studies and quantitative computations were made of possible methods of operation, methods of heating and initiation, simple exploratory experiments, and particle loss rates. The general conclusion is that there seems to be no over-riding avantage to either the conventional or the cusped geometries. The chief advantage of the latter is absolute stability; e.g., operated as a pinch a cusped configuration allows stable compression of arbitrary magnitude as compared to the limited compression which is allllowed for the B/sub z/-stablized pinch. On the other hand, particle llosses in general tend to be higher in the cusped geometries and magnetic field energy is not used efficiently, but the situation is complex because of the plethora of alternatives, each of which has its own avantages and disavantages. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- New York Univ., New York. Inst. of Mathematical Sciences
- NSA Number:
- NSA-12-014881
- OSTI ID:
- 4315998
- Report Number(s):
- A/CONF.15/P/1538
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Prepared for the Second U.N. International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, 1958. Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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