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DTSTART:20091005T170500Z
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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin Hall
SUMMARY:Magnetized Pinches:  Magnetized Target Fusion to Astrophysics\
 , Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar\, Tom Intrator\, Los Ala
 mos National Laboratory
DESCRIPTION:Magnetized plasma pinches can compress magnetic flux and p
 lasma pressure in a variety of contexts. For example Magneto Inertial 
 Fusion (MIF) includes a broad variety of plasma compression schemes fo
 r energy applications.  Adiabatic compression of a magnetized plasma f
 uel target  inside of some kind of conducting\, contracting boundary i
 s a possible path to fusion energy that lies between Magnetic Fusion E
 nergy (MFE) and Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF).  The same MHD dynam
 ics mediated by JxB forces are also important for collisions of flux r
 opes and magnetic reconnection.  Compared with standard inertial compr
 ession to a High Energy Density (HED) state\, the magnetic field impro
 ves confinement\, while opening up new parameter space at lower areal 
 mass density.  Advantages of MIF include lower implosion speed\, or mo
 re gain for given implosion speed\, longer dwell time\, less convergen
 ce\, and lower cost and higher efficiency drivers.  Many choices of co
 mpressor technologies include laser\, solid linear\, plasma liner\, an
 d ballistic particle options.  There is a LANL-AFRL collaboration to f
 ield a solid compressor Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) experiment that
  should reach the HED regime.  Some related astrophysics and fusion sc
 ience MHD issues can also be investigated  with the Reconnection Scali
 ng Experiment (RSX) whose flux ropes that resemble a Z pinch with flex
 ible plasma wires with mass\, inertia\, MHD dynamics
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1648
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