The double well mass filter

Gueroult, Renaud; Rax, Jean -Marcel; Fisch, Nathaniel J.

doi:10.1063/1.4864325

Title: The double well mass filter

Journal Article · Mon Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4864325· OSTI ID:1257713

Gueroult, Renaud ^[1]; Rax, Jean -Marcel ^[2]; Fisch, Nathaniel J. ^[1]

Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States). Princeton Plasma Physics Lab.
Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France)

Various mass filter concepts based on rotating plasmas have been suggested with the specific purpose of nuclear waste remediation. We report on a new rotating mass filter combining radial separation with axial extraction. Lastly, the radial separation of the masses is the result of a “double-well” in effective radial potential in rotating plasma with a sheared rotation profile.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-06ER54851

OSTI ID:: 1257713

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 21, Issue 2; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Citation Metrics:

Cited by: 23 works

Citation information provided by
Web of Science

References (9)

Plasma isotope separation methods Grossman, M. W.; Shepp, T. A. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 19, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1109/27.125034	journal	January 1991
Autoresonant ion cyclotron isotope separation Rax, J. -M.; Robiche, J.; Fisch, N. J. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 14, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2717882	journal	April 2007
Rotating Plasmas Lehnert, B. Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 11, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/11/5/010	journal	October 1971
Plasma Centrifuge Krishnan, M.; Geva, M.; Hirshfield, J. L. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 46, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.46.36	journal	January 1981
Archimedes Plasma Mass Filter Freeman, Richard RADIO FREQUENCY POWER IN PLASMAS: 15th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas, AIP Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1638067	conference	January 2003
Band gap ion mass filter Ohkawa, T.; Miller, R. L. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 9, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1523930	journal	December 2002
The magnetic centrifugal mass filter Fetterman, Abraham J.; Fisch, Nathaniel J. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 18, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3631793	journal	September 2011
Practical considerations in realizing a magnetic centrifugal mass filter Gueroult, Renaud; Fisch, Nathaniel J. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4771674	journal	December 2012
Plasma physics in noninertial frames Thyagaraja, A.; McClements, K. G. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 16, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3238485	journal	September 2009

Cited By (11)

Rotation and instabilities for isotope and mass separation Rax, J. -M.; Gueroult, R. Journal of Plasma Physics, Vol. 82, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022377816000878	journal	October 2016
Strategies for advantageous differential transport of ions in magnetic fusion devices Kolmes, E. J.; Ochs, I. E.; Fisch, N. J. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 25, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5023931	journal	March 2018
Plasma mass separation Zweben, S. J.; Gueroult, R.; Fisch, N. J. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 25, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5042845	journal	September 2018
Nonlinear ohmic dissipation in axisymmetric DC and RF driven rotating plasmas Rax, J. M.; Kolmes, E. J.; Ochs, I. E. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 26, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5064520	journal	January 2019
E × B configurations for high-throughput plasma mass separation: An outlook on possibilities and challenges Gueroult, Renaud; Zweben, Stewart J.; Fisch, Nathaniel J. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 26, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5083229	journal	April 2019
Radial current and rotation profile tailoring in highly ionized linear plasma devices Kolmes, E. J.; Ochs, I. E.; Mlodik, M. E. Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 26, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5115788	journal	August 2019
Geometric phase in Brillouin flows Rax, Jean-Marcel; Gueroult, Renaud Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 26, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5127799	journal	December 2019
Strategies for Advantageous Differential Transport of Ions in Magnetic Fusion Devices Kolmes, E. J.; Ochs, I. E.; Fisch, N. J. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1801.06591	text	January 2018
Nonlinear Ohmic Dissipation in Axisymmetric DC and RF Driven Rotating Plasmas Rax, J. M.; Kolmes, E. J.; Ochs, I. E. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1810.03696	text	January 2018
Radial Current and Rotation Profile Tailoring in Highly Ionized Linear Plasma Devices Kolmes, E. J.; Ochs, I. E.; Mlodik, M. E. arXiv https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1906.08391	text	January 2019
Physics of E × B discharges relevant to plasma propulsion and similar technologies Kaganovich, Igor D.; Smolyakov, Andrei; Raitses, Yevgeny Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 27, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0010135	journal	December 2020

Similar Records

The double well mass filter

Journal Article · Sat Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2014 · Physics of Plasmas · OSTI ID:1257713

Gueroult, Renaud; Fisch, Nathaniel J.; Rax, Jean-Marcel

Alpha Channeling in Open-System Magnetic Devices

Technical Report · Sun Jun 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · OSTI ID:1257713

Fisch, Nathaniel

Wave-driven rotation and mass separation in rotating magnetic mirrors

Thesis/Dissertation · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2012 · OSTI ID:1257713

Fetterman, Abraham J.

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
magnetic fields
diffusion
atomic mass
plasma temperature
polynomials

Title: The double well mass filter

Citation Formats

References (9)

Cited By (11)

Similar Records

Related Subjects