Production of field-reversed mirror plasma with a coaxial plasma gun

Patent · Tue Feb 09 00:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5182383

Hartman, C W; Shearer, J W

The use of a coaxial plasma gun to produce a plasma ring which is directed into a magnetic field so as to form a field-reversed plasma confined in a magnetic mirror. Plasma thus produced may be used as a target for subsequent neutral beam injection or other similarly produced and projected plasma rings or for direct fusion energy release in a pulsed mode.

• Assignee: Dept. Of Energy
• Patent Number(s): US 4314879
• Application Number: TRN: 82-014570
• OSTI ID: 5182383
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 22 Mar 1979; Other Information: PAT-APPL-022894
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
MAGNETIC MIRROR CONFIGURATIONS
MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSAL
FIELD-REVERSED MIRROR REACTORS
NEUTRAL ATOM BEAM INJECTION
PLASMA ACCELERATION
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
PLASMA GUNS
PLASMA PRODUCTION
TARGETS
ACCELERATION
BEAM INJECTION
CONFINEMENT
MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS
MAGNETIC MIRROR TYPE REACTORS
OPEN CONFIGURATIONS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
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