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Does anybody know what the experiment is that Miley proposes (see last sentence of the following):

"This book provides readers with an introductory understanding of Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC), a type of fusion meant to retain plasma using an electrostatic field. IEC provides a unique approach for plasma confinement, as it offers a number of spin-off applications, such as a small neutron source for Neutron Activity Analysis (NAA), that all work towards creating fusion power. The IEC has been identified in recent times as an ideal fusion power unit because of its ability to burn aneutronic fuels like p-B11 as a result of its non-Maxwellian plasma dominated by beam-like ions. This type of fusion also takes place in a simple mechanical structure small in size, which also contributes to its viability as a source of power. This book posits that the ability to study the physics of IEC in very small volume plasmas makes it possible to rapidly investigate a design to create a power-producing device on a much larger scale. Along with this hypothesis the book also includes a conceptual experiment proposed for demonstrating breakeven conditions for using p-B11 in a hydrogen plasma simulation."

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Interesting. If you have an Amazon account you can search the book preview for polywell references

This is an interesting question. The contents and index of this book are available from Springer as posted in this thread viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4647. I guess the net gain reactor would be discussed in chapter

13 Reactor Confinement Theory and IEC Reactor Visions . . . . . . . 367

. The first two pages of this chapter can be read on the Springer page. The contents shows these topics:

13.7 Comments About IEC Reactor Development . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
13.7.1 IEC Aneutronic Fusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
13.7.2 Ion Injection with Controlled Angular Momentum . . 388
13.7.3 The Polywell Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
13.7.4 Multi-Grid IEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
13.7.5 Lens-Focused IEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
13.7.6 POPS and the Penning Trap IEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
13.7.7 Vision of a Future p­B11 Fusion Plant . . . . . . . . . . . 390

so the most interesting part is discussed on page 390. Searching for that page in the index shows that at least the Penning trap, POPS and MARBLE concepts are discussed on that page. The index does not seem to be 100 % accurate though because the word Polywell is not mentioned on page 389 even though the contents shows it in the heading of section 13.7.3. This is as much as can be said without having access to the book.

When you are logged in to Amazon, you can view page 390, and the following pages on which the "13.7.7 Vision of a Future p­B11 Fusion Plant" chapter continues.