Bulletin of the American Physical Society
64th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics
Volume 67, Number 15
Monday–Friday, October 17–21, 2022; Spokane, Washington
Session TO06: Magnetized High-energy-density Plasma
9:30 AM–12:30 PM,
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Room: Ballroom 111 C
Chair: Alla Safronova, UNR
Abstract: TO06.00012 : Formation of High-Density Field Reversed Configurations on a Linear Transformer Driver*
11:42 AM–11:54 AM
Presenter:
Brendan J Sporer
(University of Michigan)
Authors:
Brendan J Sporer
(University of Michigan)
Akash P Shah
(University of Michigan)
George V Dowhan
(University of Michigan)
Trevor J Smith
(University of Michigan)
Joe M Chen
(University of Michigan)
Stephen A Slutz
(Sandia National Laboratories)
Nicholas M Jordan
(University of Michigan)
Ryan D McBride
(University of Michigan)
The proposed FRCs would be formed at very disparate physical and hydrodynamic scales than has previously been achieved to the authors’ knowledge. It is unclear if the lifetime and stability parameters developed semi-empirically for low-field FRCs [3] are applicable in this novel regime. A platform is being developed on the MAIZE linear transformer driver (1 MA, 200 ns) at the University of Michigan to study the formation and lifetime of high-density, high-field FRCs. The hardware of this platform will be presented, as well as the most recent experimental and computational results.
[1] Stephen A. Slutz and Matthew R. Gomez, “Fusion gain from cylindrical liner-driven implosions of field reversed configurations.” Physics of Plasmas 28.4 (2021).
[2] Stephen A. Slutz et al., “Auto-magnetizing liners for magnetized inertial fusion.” Physics of Plasmas 24.1 (2017).
[3] Alan L. Hoffman et al., “The Large-s Field-Reversed Configuration Experiment.” Fusion Technology 23.2, (1993).
*This work was supported by the NNSA Laboratory Residency Graduate Fellowship program under DOE Contract No. DE-NA0003960, and by the NNSA Stewardship Sciences Academic Programs under DOE Cooperative Agreement DE-NA0003764. SNL is managed and operated by NTESS under DOE NNSA contract DE-NA0003525.
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