Formation Process of Magnetized Fusion Target on the YingGuang 1 Device

doi:10.1088/0256-307X/33/4/045202

Chin. Phys. Lett.

2016, Vol. 33

Issue (04): 045202 DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/33/4/045202

PHYSICS OF GASES, PLASMAS, AND ELECTRIC DISCHARGES

Formation Process of Magnetized Fusion Target on the YingGuang 1 Device

Lu-Lu Li¹, Yue-Song Jia², Qi-Zhi Sun², Wei Liu², Zheng-Fen Liu², Wei-Dong Qin², Jun Li², Yuan Chi², Xian-Jun Yang^1**

¹Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094
²Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy Of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900

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Lu-Lu Li, Yue-Song Jia, Qi-Zhi Sun et al 2016 Chin. Phys. Lett. 33 045202

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Abstract Magnetized target fusion is an alternative method to fulfill the goal of controlled fusion, which combines advantages of both magnetic confinement fusion and inertial confinement fusion since its parameter space lies between the two traditional ways. Field reversed configuration (FRC) is a good candidate of magnetized targets due to its translatable, compressible, high $\beta$ and high energy density properties. Dynamic formation process of high density FRC is observed on the YingGuang 1 device for the first time in China. The evolution of a magnetic field is detected with magnetic probes, and the compression process can be clearly seen from images taken with a high-speed multi-frame CCD camera. The process is also studied with two-dimensional magneto hydrodynamic code MPF-2D theoretically, and the results agree well with the experiment. Combining the experimental data and the theoretical analysis, the length of the formed FRC is about 39 cm, the diameter is about 2–2.7 cm, the average density is $1.3 \times 10^{16}$ cm$^{-3}$, and the average temperature is 137 eV.

Received: 20 November 2015 Published: 29 April 2016

PACS:	52.55.Lf	(Field-reversed configurations, rotamaks, astrons, ion rings,magnetized target fusion, and cusps)
	52.25.Xz	(Magnetized plasmas)
	52.30.Cv	(Magnetohydrodynamics (including electron magnetohydrodynamics))

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