MAGNETO-HYDRODYNAMIC INERTIAL FUSION CONCEPT

 

As an imploding liner accelerates toward a cen- trally located deuterium- and tritium-containing fiber, the magnetic field compresses at extremely high speed, and the target is heated very rapidly. The benefits of this concept include energy trans- fers with the appropriate time scales for fusion reactions, a magnetic/field target arrangement that reduces instabilities, and a driver that uses far less energy than needed for conventional laser-driven inertial fusion energy. The small size of the experimental equip- ment reduces costs and will facilitate a fast evalu- ation. Work on this con- cept is being conducted at the University of California at Irvine and Riverside.