Japan JSPS Program: Internal Measurement of Magnetic Field on the FIX Experiment

9600280马丁该奖项支持日本科学促进会(JSPS)在日本大阪大学等离子体物理实验室为Adam Martin博士提供的为期24个月的博士后奖学金。马丁博士将与工程学院教授冈田茂博士合作开展一个名为“FIX实验中内部磁场的测量”的研究项目。这项拟议的研究将审查受控聚变作为一种能源发展所涉及的各种问题。中心挑战是利用磁场将热等离子体限制足够长的时间，以产生持续的热核反应。实现这一目标的最有前途的方法之一是场反转配置，或称FRC，这是一种创新设备，最有效地利用了其磁场，是构建和维护最简单的冷聚变机制。为了更好地理解FRC，确定限制热等离子体的磁场的内部结构是很重要的。这项研究将在日本大阪大学的FRC注入实验(FIX)中使用一种名为局域化法拉第旋转(LFR)的创新技术来测量这种磁场。分析结果将为国际社会提供有关受控聚变作为一种实用、可靠和清洁能源的理论和应用研究问题的见解。***

9600280 Martin This award supports a 24 month Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship for Dr. Adam Martin at the Plasma Physics Laboratory, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. Dr. Martin will work with Dr. Shigefume Okada, professor in the Faculty of Engineering, on a research project entitled, "Measurement of the Internal Magnetic Fields on the FIX Experiment." The proposed research will examine the various problems involved in the development of controlled fusion as an energy source. The central challenge is to use magnetic fields to confine a hot plasma long enough to produce a sustained thermo-nuclear reaction. One of the most promising avenues for accomplishing this is the Field Reversed Configuration, or FRC, a innovative device that makes the most efficient use of its magnetic field and is the simplest cold fusion mechanism to build and maintain. To better understand the FRC it is important to ascertain the internal structure of the magnetic field that confines the hot plasma. The research will measure this magnetic field in the FRC Injection Experiment (FIX) at Osaka University in Japan, using an innovative technique called Localized Faraday Rotation (LFR). The results of the analysis will provide insights into theoretical and applied research questions relating to controlled fusion as a practical, reliable, and clean energy source for the international community. ***