Adiabatic Compression of a Doublet Field Reversed Configuration (FRC)
Tóm tắt
The adiabatic compression of magnetized plasmas has come to the fore in recent times as an interesting hybrid of both inertial and magnetic fusion energy schemes, possibly allowing a means to reach fusion conditions in a compact pulsed system (R.P. Drake et al. Fusion Tech. 30, 310, (1996)). It is possible to compress a range of different magnetic configurations (D.D. Ryutov, R.E. Siemon, Com. Mod. Phys. 2, 185, (2001)), here we consider the compression of a FRC: a favorable target due to high ß. The literature relating to the adiabatic compression of magnetic concepts is reviewed. We present analytic modeling and MHD simulations of the reconnection and compression of a doublet FRC configuration that might serve as a target for compression.
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