Current Trends in International Fusion Research

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• Publisher: NRC Research Press
• Year: 2007
• eBook ISBN: 9780660197081
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Physical Sciences

The objective of this series of Symposia is to assess the benefits, applications, and spin-offs of nuclear fusion research, including both conventional and alternative approaches. The Symposia have been organized in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency and endorsed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratory. This proceedings contains all the review papers presented at the meeting, held in Washington, DC, USA, on 12 - 16 March 2001, as well as the report from the Panel of Distinguished Scientists and Engineers.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title page
• Copyright
• Title page
• INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
• STEERING COMMITTEE
• PANEL OF EVALUATORS
• CONTENTS
• OPENING REMARKS
• INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN FUSION RESEARCH
• FUSION RESEARCH AS A SCIENCE ENTERPRISE, A LONG OVERDUE DEVELOPMENT, AND NEAR TERM PERSPECTIVES
• RESULTS OF LARGE SCALE PLASMA-FOCUS EXPERIMENTS AND PROSPECTS FOR NEUTRON YIELD OPTIMIZATION
• EXPERIMENTS WITH THE PF-1000 PLASMA-FOCUS FACILITY AT THE 1 MJ LEVEL
• PLASMA FOCUS RESEARCH: REASONS FOR CONTINUING EFFORTS
• DENSE PLASMA FOCUS: REMARKS ON ITS POSSIBILITIES AS FIRST GENERATION NUCLEAR FUSION REACTOR AND ITS APPLICATIONS AS CORPUSCULAR AND ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATOR
• STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE PLASMA FOCUS STUDIES AT RRC “KURCHATOV INSTITUTE”
• NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS AND BURNING PLASMA CONCEPTS IN 2004
• ANTIMATTER-INITIATED MICROFISSION/FUSION: CONCEPT, MISSIONS, AND SYSTEMS STUDIES FOR EXPLORATION OF DEEP SPACE
• EXPLODING PLASMA IN DIPOLE MAGNETIC FIELD TO SIMULATE ICF-ROCKET
• THE HELICITY INJECTED TORUS WITH STEADY INDUCTIVE HELICITY INJECTION CURRENT DRIVE (HIT-SI)
• MHD RESULTS IN THE RFX REVERSED FIELD PINCH
• NECESSARY AND POSSIBLE “PRE-ITER” FUSION RESEARCH
• STUDIES OF FAST PARTICLES USING PELLET CHARGE EXCHANGE DIAGNOSTICS
• LONG-LIVED FILAMENTS IN FUSION PLASMAS: REVIEW OF OBSERVATIONS AND STATUS OF HYPOTHESIS OF MICRODUST-ASSEMBLED SKELETONS
• THE NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY: STATUS AND PLANS FOR LASER FUSION AND HIGH ENERGY-DENSITY EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES
• FEASIBILITY OF A THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WITH NET ENERGY GAIN BASED ON PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF FUSION TECHNOLOGY
• PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING COMPRESSION OF FIELD REVERSED CONFIGURATIONS FOR MAGNETIZED TARGET FUSION
• ENERGY VECTORS FOR THE IGNITION OF IMPLODING CYLINDERS BY THE METHOD OF ENTROPY INJECTION
• COLLECTIVE VS. PARTICLE STOPPING IN THE FAST IGNITOR CONTEXT
• CHANDRASEKAR-KENDALL-FURTH CONFIGURATIONS FOR MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT
• PHYSICS RESULTS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE NATIONAL SPHERICAL TORUS EXPERIMENT (NSTX)
• A REVIEW OF THE COMPACT MICRO-TORUS EXPERIMENT (CMTX)
• THE PINCH EFFECT IN MICROWAVE DISCHARGE AT GAS OF HIGH PRESSURE
• A MAGNETIC FUSION IMPERATIVE: THE NEED TO REVISIT MHD
• INDIRECT-DRIVE INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION (ICF) ABLATOR CHARACTERIZATION EXPERIMENTS AT THE OMEGA LASER FACILITY
• LASER MEGAJOULE PROJECT STATUS
• RELATIVE ADVANTAGES OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT DRIVE FOR AN INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY POWER PLANT DRIVEN BY A DIODE-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASER
• INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION AT THE LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
• PHYSICS OF WIRE-ARRAY Z-PINCH IMPLOSIONS
• THE KINETIC STABILIZER: A ROUTE TO SIMPLER TANDEM-MIRROR SYSTEMS?
• PROGRESS AND STATUS OF SUPERCONDUCTING TOKAMAK RESEARCH PROGRAM IN CHINA
• RECONSIDERATION OF THERMONUCLEAR POSSIBILITIES OF Z-PINCHES
• PROGRESS TOWARD UNITY BETA PLASMAS IN ELECRIC TOKAMAK
• COMPACT TORUS INJECTION EXPERIMENTS IN THE STOR-M TOKAMAK
• THE ROLE OF RADIAL ELECTRIC FIELDS IN EDGE TRANSPORT BARRIERS IN TOKAMAKS
• COLLISIONAL DIFFUSION FOR ELONGATED TOROIDAL PLASMA CONFIGURATIONS WITH DIFFERENT VALUES OF CURRENTS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
• RADIATIVE COLLAPSE IN Z-PINCH DEVICES: AN AID FOR FUSION?
• FRASCATI TOKAMAK UPGRADE: RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR BURNING PLASMA EXPERIMENTS
• DIRECT-DRIVE INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION RESEARCH AT THE LABORATORY FOR LASER ENERGETICS
• SOURCES OF MILLIMETER-WAVE RADIATION FOR PLASMA ECRH&CD IN FUSION REACTORS
• SHORT PULSES OF ENERGETIC ELECTRONS AND IONS PRODUCED BY HIGH-INTENSITYLASERS FOR LASER FUSION
• THE NUCLEAR PHYSICS ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR FUSION
• SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE SPACE APPLICATIONS OF FUSION ENERGY
• FRACTAL REACTOR: AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLASMA FUSION
• ELECTROSTATIC ENHANCEMENT OF DEUTERIUM FUSION RATES IN METALLIC LATTICES
• METALLIC-LIKE CONDUCTIVITY WITH DIAMOND ELECTRODES
• DIODE-PUMPED SOLID-STATE LASERS FOR INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY
• LASER FUSION PROGRESS IN CHINA
• PROGRESS TOWARD UNDERSTANDING MAGNETIZED TARGET FUSION (MTF)
• PROGRESS IN MAGNETIZED TARGET FUSION DRIVEN BY PLASMA LINERS
• CENTRIFUGAL CONFINEMENT FOR MAGNETIC FUSION
• INERTIAL FUSION ENERGY WITH KrF LASERS
• FAST IGNITION
• STUDIES OF ENERGY GAIN AND HEAT PRODUCTION FROM UNIQUE PROTON REACTION CELLS
• PROTOTYPE PLASMA FLUX ANALYZER (􀀪-ANALYZER)
• MECHANICAL ADIABATIC COMPRESSION OF A DENSE PLASMA
• CONCLUDING REMARKS
• REPORT FROM THE PANEL OF DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
• BIOGRAPHIES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PANEL OF DISTINGUISHED SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
• LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
• INDEX
• Back cover