ON THE INERTIAL-ELECTROSTATIC CONFINEMENT OF A PLASMA
ON THE INERTIAL-ELECTROSTATIC CONFINEMENT OF A PLASMA
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关于等离子体的惯性静电约束
DOI：
10.1063/1.1705917
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发表时间：
1959
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
K. Watson
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作者：
W. C. Elmore;J. L. Tuck;K. Watson
已经提出了一种系统，其中电子从球面径向向内投射，用于在热核温度下限制等离子体。从理论上讨论了该系统的均衡性、经济性和稳定性。虽然我们认为它作为热核反应堆的效用值得怀疑，但用这种方法产生小区域的热核等离子体供研究是可能的。该装置在经济密度下似乎不稳定。稳定性是用维里函数的形式来讨论的，这在数学上是可以处理的。
A system in which electrons are projected radially inwards from a spherical surface, has been proposed for the confinement of a plasma at thermonuclear temperatures. The equilibrium, economics, and stability of such a system are discussed theoretically.Although we conclude that it is of doubtful utility as a thermonuclear reactor, it may be possible to produce in this way small regions of thermonuclear plasma for study. The device appears to be unstable at economic densities. The stability is discussed in terms of a virial, which turns out to be mathematically tractable in this geometry.