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by CosmicObserver
Sat Apr 23, 2011 11:19 pm
Forum: News
Topic: New patent application, similar to polywell.
Replies: 40
Views: 25123

What do you think of the 'active' recirculation, as opposed to a passive one? Can you really capture errant electrons/ions with minimal energy loss, and replace them with better behaved ones? The idea seems like a reasonable one, but my math/electronics skills are lacking.

c.o.
by CosmicObserver
Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:31 pm
Forum: Design
Topic: electromagnet design
Replies: 6
Views: 7363

Magnet cross-section

Hello all, This is my first post, and am very intrigued by the Polywell concept. I have read through all 38 pages of the brainstorming thread, but have not seen any proposals for different cross-sections of the torus. We know square is bad, but what about an elliptical one, with it's major axis poin...