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Title:
Can inertial electrostatic confinement work beyond the ion-ion collisional time scale?
Authors:
Nevins, W. M.
Affiliation:
AA(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550)
Publication:
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 2, Issue 10, October 1995, pp.3804-3819 (PhPl Homepage)
Publication Date:
10/1995
Origin:
AIP
Abstract Copyright:
1995: American Institute of Physics
DOI:
10.1063/1.871080
Bibliographic Code:
1995PhPl....2.3804N

Abstract

Inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) systems are predicated on a nonequilibrium ion distribution function. Coulomb collisions between ions cause this distribution to relax to a Maxwellian on the ion-ion collisional time scale. The power required to prevent this relaxation and maintain the IEC configuration for times beyond the ion-ion collisional time scale is shown to be greater than the fusion power produced. It is concluded that IEC systems show little promise as a basis for the development of commercial electric power plants.
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