Physics Criteria for a Subscale Plasma Liner Experiment |
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Authors: | Scott C Hsu " target="_blank">Y C Francis Thio |
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Affiliation: | 1.Los Alamos National Laboratory,Los Alamos,USA;2.HyperJet Fusion Corporation,Chantilly,USA |
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Abstract: | Spherically imploding plasma liners, formed by merging hypersonic plasma jets, are a proposed standoff driver to compress magnetized target plasmas to fusion conditions (Hsu et al. in IEEE Trans Plasma Sci 40:1287, 2012). In this paper, the parameter space and physics criteria are identified for a subscale, plasma-liner-formation experiment to provide data, e.g., on liner ram-pressure scaling and uniformity, that are relevant for addressing scientific issues of full-scale plasma liners required to achieve fusion conditions. Based on these criteria, we quantitatively estimate the minimum liner kinetic energy and mass needed, which informed the design of a subscale plasma liner experiment now under development. |
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