asymmetric_implosion wrote: Two DPFs firing at each other is about 30 years old. The concept evolved into what is known as the hypocycloidal pinch. It has promise for increased pinch lifetime but the energy input is much greater.
The energy cost for PF device to accelerate particles is far greater than a particle accelerator. Medical applications will likely use advanced accelerator technology like plasma wakefield accelerator in the coming decade.
From the dense plasma pinch animation I assumed the direction of the resultant high energy ION Beam as a straight line. While the ION beam is directed outside the anode the electrons are going inside.
So 2 high energy ION beams can collide in the middle and potentially cause fusion.
That was my assumption.
