AAWSAP DIRD, Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, March 2010
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UNCLASSIFIED/,'FOR OFFIElIAk WSE OPtklf Contents Preface .................................................................................................................vii Section I. IEC Background and Basics .................................................................... 1 IEC Background.......................................................................................,.,1••········· 3 IEC Basics ........................................................................................................... 5 Bussard HEPS (or Polywell) Concept ............................................................ 10 Barnes Nebel Penning Trap .......................................................................... 10 Nebel POPS Device ..............................................................................,......... 10 Miley's "Ion Injected" Device ....................................................................... 11 Closing Remarks ...................................................................................... 11,,,•••••• 12 References ...................................................................................................... 13 Section II. Select Experiments ............................................................................. 14 Closing Comments............................................................................................ 20 References ...................................................................................................... 20 Section III. Other Geometries .............................................................................. 21 Cylindrical IECs ............................................................................................... 21 Electrically-Driven IEC Jet Thruster................................................................... 22 Relation to Other Prior Thrusters ................................................................. 23 JET Extraction From a Spherical IEC............................................................. 24 Description of the IEC Jet Thruster ............................................................. 24 Comparison to a Conventional "Plasma" Thruster ........................................ 24 Jet Extraction ............................................................................................... 26 Experimental Jet Design and Performance ................................................... 26 Scale-up to p-11B IEC Space Power Unit/Thruster ........................................ 28 The Dipole Assisted IEC (DaIEC) .................................................................. 29 DAIEC Experiments .......................................................................................... 30 Khachan's Studies at U of Sydney .................................................................... 31 Concluding Remarks......................................................................................... 32 References ........................ ....................................................................... 11 ••••••••• 32 iii UNCLASSIFIED/ ,CFOA OFFIQIAk Wliii 01\lk¥