Abstract
In order to demonstrate the core physics of the magnetized target fusion process pursued by General Fusion, the company is experimenting with compressing spheromaks. The spheromaks are produced in a 30 cm diameter aluminum flux conserver, which is accelerated to an implosion speed of 2.5 km/s using 3 kg of high explosive. Better than 99% circular symmetry up to a 13:1 radial compression without rupture or buckling is achieved with this technique. Results from the liner compression development and from the spheromak plasma compression are presented.
Aaron Froese et al. Published in the proceedings of the 19th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference (PBNC 2014), 2014.
