A new method of focusing energy for the implosion of liners

1 February 1979

journal article
letter
Published by IOP Publishing in Nuclear Fusion

Vol. 19 (2) , 264-270
https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/19/2/010

Abstract

A new method of focusing energy for the implosion of medium-speed liners (V ~ 5 cm⋅μs⁻¹) described. An attempt is made to show that the simplest method of achieving liner speeds in the range 1–10 cm⋅μs⁻¹ is an impact of a fast plasma liner (V > 20 cm⋅μs⁻¹) on a solid one. Such fast plasma liners can be produced in focused, Z-pinch-driven snowploughs. For this method of energy focusing and transfer to be applicable to a fusion reactor, gaseous, "inertial" electrodes rather than conventional metal ones must be used. The concept of a reactor based on these ideas is outlined.

Keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER

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Rocket-driven liners for fusion triggers and for very-high-density reactors
Nuclear Fusion, 1973
On the economics of power from pulsed fusion reactors
Nuclear Fusion, 1968