Advances towards pB11 Fusion with the Dense Plasma Focus

Details Advances towards pB11 Fusion with the Dense Plasma Focus Advances towards pB11 Fusion with the Dense Plasma Focus

2007-10-16

arxiv.org/abs/0710.3149v1

Physics

Plasma Physics

11 pages, 2 figures, to be published in Current Trends in International Fusion Research, Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium

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The prospects for achieving net energy production with pB11 fuel have recently considerably brightened. Studies have shown that the multi-GG field potentially obtainable with modest dense plasma focus devices have the effect of reducing the flow of energy from the ions to the electrons and thus suppressing bremsstrahlung radiation that cools the plasma. We report here on new simulations that indicate that net energy production may be achievable in high-magnetic-field devices at peak currents as low as 2.3 MA. While these simulations only model the dense plasmoid formed in the focus, new simulation techniques can allow a full particle-in-cell simulation of DPF functioning over the wide range of time and space scales needed. Such simulations will be of great value in the next round of experiments that will use pB11 fuel.

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