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RADIO-FREQUENCY PLASMA CONTAINING DEVICE

Patent ·
OSTI ID:4805644
A method and means are described for confining and compressing a dense plasma. The device comprises an evacuated spherical cavity into which is injected a heavy hydrogen isotope gas. Thyratron tubes are operated in time quadrature to excite rotating radio-frequency fields within the cavity in the even and odd TE/sub 111/ modes. The excited radio-frequency fields ionize the gas and compress it toward the center of the cavity. (AEC)
Research Organization:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
NSA Number:
NSA-16-009549
Assignee:
DTIE; NSA-16-009549
Patent Number(s):
US 3022236
OSTI ID:
4805644
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English