Startup of reversed-field mirror reactors using coaxial plasma guns

Conference · Fri Nov 09 00:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:5435832

Smith, Jr, A C; Hartman, C W; Carlson, G A; Neef, Jr, W S; Eddleman, J L

Preliminary calculations are given that indicate that a coaxial plasma gun might scale reasonably to reactor-grade operating conditions. Ongoing experiments and numerical simulations should shed some light on the validity of the described scaling laws.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5435832
• Report Number(s): UCRL-82984; CONF-791102-137; TRN: 80-008312
• Resource Relation: Conference: 8. symposium on engineering problems of fusion research, San Francisco, CA, USA, 13 Nov 1979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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