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[Joeviocoe]

jimmarsen wrote: What about increasing the duration of a shot to increase yield? Is that feasible?

I don’t think so, the Dense Plasma Focus is basically a collapsing knot of plasma filaments. It is inherently unstable (in contrast to trying to make it stable like Tokamaks) which is good since the instability allows the plasmoid to fuse the fuel. But its “duration” is a physical, parameter really… and I think is a product of everything else. I don’t think they can change that independently.

You’ll hear them talking about nT (n tau) which is the product of density and confinement time. If by, “duration” you mean confinement time which allows for more fuel to be fused, and thus increased fusion yield… then “duration” has always been a factor that LPP has been trying to maximize. Along with density of the plasma, that makes up a critical part of attaining a net power output.