KitemanSA wrote:So, 2+ years into the 4 years and all we got is a website with an old, useless video?
Did anyone expct anything different?
It's Lockheed, so if I ever did, I definitely shouldn't have

KitemanSA wrote:So, 2+ years into the 4 years and all we got is a website with an old, useless video?
Did anyone expct anything different?
mvanwink5 wrote:Surely now that Park has proven Grad's conjecture on cusp containment, Lockheed will put that knowledge to use. Recirculation should no longer be needed, and why wouldn't Lockheed join with EMC2 and push forward???? Makes no sense to me.
In the Lockheed design there is no claims made of ion containment by a potential well. As such even high Beta cusps would leak ions excessively. This is why recirculation between cusps is an integral part of the design.
In the Polywell a deep potential well is assumed
mvanwink5 wrote:In the Lockheed design there is no claims made of ion containment by a potential well. As such even high Beta cusps would leak ions excessively. This is why recirculation between cusps is an integral part of the design.
Electron recirculation is one thing, imagine ion recirculation and strut heating, or hot ions blasting metal off the struts! Am I missing something?
mvanwink5 wrote:We know Lockheed's magnet struts are big trouble, rapid cusp plugging to reach high beta is essential, and recirculation then makes no sense. After that Lockheed becomes another version of Polywell...
ladajo wrote:In the Polywell a deep potential well is assumed
No, it is not. Is a requirement. This is the next test...
The ability to drive the well is the point of conjecture.
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