scholarly journals Simulating the magnetized liner inertial fusion plasma confinement with smaller-scale experiments

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 062706 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. D. Ryutov ◽  
M. E. Cuneo ◽  
M. C. Herrmann ◽  
D. B. Sinars ◽  
S. A. Slutz
Keyword(s):  
Inertial Fusion ◽  
Plasma Confinement ◽  
Fusion Plasma

Controlled Fusion: Plasma Confinement with Lasers

Science ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 169 (3948) ◽  
pp. 893-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Thorne
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Confinement ◽  
Fusion Plasma ◽  
Controlled Fusion

scholarly journals Interrelationship between Lab, Space, Astrophysical, Magnetic Fusion, and Inertial Fusion Plasma Experiments

Atoms ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Mark Koepke
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Space Physics ◽  
Inertial Fusion ◽  
Magnetic Fusion ◽  
Fusion Plasma ◽  
Laboratory Plasma ◽  
Plasma Parameters ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Laboratory Investigations

The objectives of this review are to articulate geospace, heliospheric, and astrophysical plasma physics issues that are addressable by laboratory experiments, to convey the wide range of laboratory experiments involved in this interdisciplinary alliance, and to illustrate how lab experiments on the centimeter or meter scale can develop, through the intermediary of a computer simulation, physically credible scaling of physical processes taking place in a distant part of the universe over enormous length scales. The space physics motivation of laboratory investigations and the scaling of laboratory plasma parameters to space plasma conditions, having expanded to magnetic fusion and inertial fusion experiments, are discussed. Examples demonstrating how laboratory experiments develop physical insight, validate or invalidate theoretical models, discover unexpected behavior, and establish observational signatures for the space community are presented. The various device configurations found in space-related laboratory investigations are outlined.

New Physics in Fusion Plasma Confinement

Physics Today ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard D. Hazeltine ◽  
Stewart C. Prager
Keyword(s):  
New Physics ◽  
Plasma Confinement ◽  
Fusion Plasma

scholarly journals A new regime that “FIRE”s fusion plasmas for long sustained and high performance reactor conditions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong-Su Na ◽  
Hyunsun Han ◽  
Sangjin Park ◽  
Jisung Kang ◽  
Young-Ho Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Steady State ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Fusion Reactor ◽  
Fusion Reactors ◽  
Fusion Plasmas ◽  
Ion Temperature ◽  
Plasma Confinement ◽  
Fusion Plasma ◽  
Steady State Operation

Abstract We report a discovery of a fusion plasma regime suitable for commercial fusion reactor where the ion temperature was sustained above 100 million degree about 20 s for the first time. Nuclear fusion as a promising technology for replacing carbon-dependent energy sources has currently many issues to be resolved to enable its large-scale use as a sustainable energy source. State-of-the-art fusion reactors cannot yet achieve the high levels of fusion performance, high temperature, and absence of instabilities required for steady-state operation for a long period of time on the order of hundreds of seconds. This is a pressing challenge within the field, as the development of methods that would enable such capabilities is essential for the successful construction of commercial fusion reactor. Here, a new plasma confinement regime called fast ion roled enhancement (FIRE) mode is presented. This mode is realized at Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) and subsequently characterized to show that it meets most of the requirements for fusion reactor commercialization. Through a comparison to other well-known plasma confinement regimes, the favourable properties of FIRE mode are further elucidated and concluded that the novelty lies in the high fraction of fast ions, which acts to stabilize turbulence and achieve steady-state operation for up to 20 s by self-organization. We propose this mode as a promising path towards commercial fusion reactors.

Target manufacturing – A “grand challenge" for inertial fusion

2006 ◽  
Vol 133 ◽  
pp. 35-35
Author(s):  
D. T. Goodin ◽  
R. W. Petzoldt ◽  
B. A. Vermillion ◽  
D. T. Frey ◽  
N. B. Alexander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inertial Fusion ◽  
Grand Challenge
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