Thinking about the Field Reversed Configuration magnet layout, it occurs to me it has 2 magnetic wells, each with a single cusp leading out. (And a line cusp leading to the other well.)
Magnetic wells highlighted in purple.
Idea: Positive charge on the outer magnetic toroids. An electron beam feeding an excess negative charge in pollywell style. Ion confinement and electron recirculation polywell style.
Could this be the Lockheed-Martin design?
Could this be the Lockheed-Martin design?
The daylight is uncomfortably bright for eyes so long in the dark.
Re: Could this be the Lockheed-Martin design?
Looks like it would make a nice thruster.
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Re: Could this be the Lockheed-Martin design?
Or coupled to a magnetohydrodynamic generator
I am not a nuclear physicist, but play one on the internet.
Re: Could this be the Lockheed-Martin design?
Skunkworks is working on a high-beta reactor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_beta_fusion_reactor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAsRFVbcyUY#t=82
Magnetic containment, radio frequency induced heating. Appears to use a magrid like polywell. The radio frequency heating seems to be the added touch that allows for a more compact reactor than Bussard's scaling law would allow.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_beta_fusion_reactor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAsRFVbcyUY#t=82
Magnetic containment, radio frequency induced heating. Appears to use a magrid like polywell. The radio frequency heating seems to be the added touch that allows for a more compact reactor than Bussard's scaling law would allow.
Re: Could this be the Lockheed-Martin design?
That's pretty much the conclusion I came to as well, based on the limited evidence at hand.
Re: Could this be the Lockheed-Martin design?
RF heating, neutral gas injection, let differential leakiness of the wiffleball produce a net charge without electron beams? Might work. As a bonus, could RF input plug cusps?
The daylight is uncomfortably bright for eyes so long in the dark.