vansig wrote: part of me wants to go ultra-low tech, here, and only use parts for this that were available to Benjamin Franklin in 1752.
a high Tc superconductor could have interesting effects on the plasmoid’s magnetic field, pushing it away from the anode; will a proper plasmoid even form?
Within the hollow anode, would that not increase and assist compression/collapse? The actual fusion occurs as the plasmoid self-annihilates, no?