IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRIC DISCHARGE APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING HIGH LOCALIZED TEMPERATURES

Patent · Wed Dec 13 04:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4823639

An apparatus for carrying out thermonuclear reactions is designed which avoids the pinch instability problem by utilizing a periodic discharge. The periodic discharge is produced at a frequency which is a multiple of the cyclotron frequencies of the gaseous ions by a discharge cavity formed between the poles of a magnet producing the magnetic field. The cavity in turn is disposed within a discharge chamber having cavities which have a resonant frequency matched to the motion of the ions of the fusion products and which include electromagnetic couplings adapted to extract electrical energy from the ions at their cyclotron frequency. (D.L.C.)

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-16-004937
• OSTI ID: 4823639
• Report Number(s): GB 884705
• Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CIRCUITS
CONFIGURATION
CYCLOTRON FREQUENCY
CYCLOTRON RADIATION
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
FREQUENCY
GASES
HIGH TEMPERATURE
INTERACTIONS
IONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETS
MOTION
OSCILLATIONS
PHYSICS
PINCH
PLANNING
POWER
RESONANCE
STABILITY
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
VESSELS