Nonthermal Proton-Boron11 Fusion*

Maintaining nonthermal ion populations can facilitate economical proton-Boron11 fusion [1.2].  Suppressing electron radiation by deconfinement of fast electrons in a mirror-like geometry [3-5] might also be useful.  The charged particle traffic described here might be regulated in part by ponderomotive effects [6-7].

[1] E. J. Kolmes, I. E. Ochs, and N. J. Fisch, Wave-Supported Hybrid Beam-Thermal pB11 Fusion, Phys. Plasma 29, 110701 (2022).

[2] I. E. Ochs et al., Improving the Feasibility of Economical Proton-Boron 11 Fusion via Alpha Channeling with a Hybrid Fast and Thermal Proton Scheme, Phys. Rev. E 106 055215 (2022).

[3] M. E. Mlodik et al., Sensitivity of synchrotron radiation to the superthermal electron population in mildly relativistic plasma, Phys. Plasma 30, 043301 (2023).

[4] I. E. Ochs et al., Confinement time and ambipolar potential in a relativistic mirror-confined plasma, Phys. Plasma 30, 052508 (2023).

[5] V. R. Munirov and N. J. Fisch, Suppression of Bremsstrahlung losses from relativistic plasma with energy cutoff, Phys. Rev. E 107, 065205 (2023).

[6] T. Rubin et al., Magnetostatic ponderomotive potential in rotating plasma, Phys. Plasma 30, 052501 (2023).

[7] I. E. Ochs, and N. J. Fisch , The Critical Role of Potential Surfaces in Static Ponderomotive End Plugs, arxiv:2305.09768 (2023).