A better use for the axial field.

[Matt M]

I suspect the Focus Fusion people are going to find that a pinch is a very difficult thing to contoll – much less optimize.

I cannot help but recall that Edison tried over 2000 times to develop a filament for his electric light bulb. If he was not such an incredibly stubborn visionary – we might still be sitting in the dark.

Unfortunately for FF, they will have thousands of helpful people watching over their shoulders, highlighting the problems with the first 1999 approaches, explaining in detail why the approach will never work.

[Aeronaut]

Matt M wrote: I suspect the Focus Fusion people are going to find that a pinch is a very difficult thing to contoll – much less optimize.

I cannot help but recall that Edison tried over 2000 times to develop a filament for his electric light bulb. If he was not such an incredibly stubborn visionary – we might still be sitting in the dark.

Unfortunately for FF, they will have thousands of helpful people watching over their shoulders, highlighting the problems with the first 1999 approaches, explaining in detail why the approach will never work.

Too bad most of these naysayers have enough eddycashun to be dangerous to themselves and their readers- if any.

[Spiralfield]

I read about work at Los Alamos with reverse-field trapping. I am not familiar with the exact confinement scheme LPPx uses, but LA got much higher neutron yields with a second axial field trapped inside the pinch. Probably makes timing the two fields + pinch current harder, but might be worth it.

Also, has there been any work done with a pre-ionized fuel charge?

[JimmyT]

Is it possible that the magnetic field from the “Blake Coil” needs to be highly symmetrical to achieve repeatability?

[Francisl]

Here is an interesting article on The Key to Ion Beams’ Polarizability. Does this suggest that the axial magnetic field is polarizing the ion beams? Will different gases need different polarization forces?

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