Reply To: Military Effects

[Joseph Chikva]

At once after injection in regions free from axial magnetic field to apply such a field similar to that is applied in TOKAMAK reactors
Injection of charged particles across force lines of magnetic field is impossible. So, initially there should not be an axial/toroidal magnetic field at least near injection points.
But axial field is necessary for further confinement of hot plasma (that is the one of the main components of TOKAMAK confinement concept)
And there are some methods of fast creation of axial fields and then keeping them at constant value during certain period.
For example to use two coils: so called “fast coil” being lower in diameter, having lower inductance but conducting very high current. Such a coil may create short pulse magnetic field, while larger but more inductive coil’s field will rise slower but for longer time period till the end of necessity of confinement.

Conclusions

In present day’s magnetic confinement experimental fusion reactors the heating process of plasma goes too long time and during that inevitably causing the particle losses and radiation losses thus complicating ignition. Proposing Method allows more effective heating of plasma (more energy in less time period) and on base of the Method right now it is possible to build self-sustaining fusion reactor capable to produce net power.

Brief Description of the Drawings
• Fig. 1 – the scheme how plasma is heated in existing TOKAMAKs
• Fig. 2 – the scheme of injection of intense electron beam into the elongated by the racetracks toroidal chamber [3]
• Fig. 3 – the sample of possible embodiment of proposing plasma creation Method
• Fig. 4 – schematic of TOKAMAK’s field configuration

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