The Focus Fusion Society Forums Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Experiment (LPPX) Dynamic Axial Field Reply To: Need of beryllium and other rare materials for Focus Fusion

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vansig
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mchargue wrote:

the field generated in the plasmoid will quickly dominate the process. i doubt there is any benefit

As I understood the process, the axial field is used to start the field rotating in order to assist the process, and that it is an important part of the process. So, I think that tuning the action of the axial field has merit

*tuning* has merit. but, once the pinch has started, there isn’t much you can do. what use would it be to affect .00000001% of the field, if you have only a few nanoseconds to sense and correct?