Authors: Edward L Ruden James H Hammer
Publish Date: 2007/07/24
Volume: 27, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 108-110
Abstract
Magnetized Target Fusion MTF efforts are based on calculations showing that the addition of a closed magnetic field relaxes the driver pressure and pulse width requirements for inertial confinement fusion by reducing thermal conductivity Instabilities that result in convective bulk transport at the Alfven time scale are of particular concern since they are much faster than the implosion time This paper focuses on the hardcore zpinch and the field reversed configuration FRC two competing geometries presently being explored for MTF Instabilities during compression may result from a violation of the Kadomstev stability criteria for the former and increased angular velocity due to angular momentum conservation for the latter Basic analytic considerations are addressed to provide a baseline for more detailed modeling
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