The physics of the High-Density Z-pinch

A.H. Glasser; J.E. Hammel; H.R. Lewis; I.R. Lindemuth; G.H. McCall; R.A. Nebel; D.W. Scudder; J.S. Shlachter; R.H. Lovberg; P. Rosenau; P.T. Sheehey

The physics of the High-Density Z-pinch

A.H. Glasser, J.E. Hammel, H.R. Lewis, I.R. Lindemuth, G.H. McCall, R.A. Nebel, D.W. Scudder, J.S. Shlachter, R.H. Lovberg, P. Rosenau, P.T. Sheehey

School of Mathematical Sciences

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Abstract

The fiber-initiated High-Density Z-pinch (HDZP) is a novel concept in which fusion plasma could be produced by applying 2 MV along a thin filament of frozen deuterium, 20-30 μm in diameter and 5-10 cm long. The megamp-range currents that result would ohmically heat the fiber to fusion temperatures in 100 ns while maintaining nearly constant radius. The plasma pressure would be held stable by the self-magnetic field for many radial sound transit times during the current-rise phase while, in the case of D-T, a significant fraction of the fiber undergoes thermonuclear fusion. The authors present results of Los Alamos HDZP studies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research 1988. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference Held by the International Atomic Energy Agency,
Place of Publication	Vienna, Austria
Pages	557 - 63
State	Published - 1988

Keywords

deuterium
fusion reactor fuel
fusion reactor ignition
pinch effect
plasma confinement
plasma heating
tritium

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Glasser, A. H., Hammel, J. E., Lewis, H. R., Lindemuth, I. R., McCall, G. H., Nebel, R. A., Scudder, D. W., Shlachter, J. S., Lovberg, R. H., Rosenau, P., & Sheehey, P. T. (1988). The physics of the High-Density Z-pinch. In Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research 1988. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference Held by the International Atomic Energy Agency, (pp. 557 - 63).

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Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research 1988. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference Held by the International Atomic Energy Agency,. Vienna, Austria, 1988. p. 557 - 63.

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