BEAM HEATED LINEAR THETA-PINCH DEVICE FOR PRODUCING HOT PLASMA

摘要

The present invention overcomes the disadvantages and limitations of the prior art by providing a beam heated linear theta-pinch device for producing hot plasmas. According to the present invention, both magnetic and beam energy are utilized to supplement each other to produce a hot plasma. The implosive nature and rapid burn characteristics of the present invention eliminate end loss and plasma instability problems associated with magnetically contained systems. Since the beam energy is not directed at the fuel microcapsule but rather at a surrounding plasma, problems of fuel target damage, beam focusing, pulse shape and duration, and energy absorption properties are alleviated. (ERA citation 05:006359)