Polywell
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The polywell is a proposed design for a fusion reactor using an electric and magnetic field to heat ions to fusion conditions.
A homemade fusor
A Farnsworth–Hirsch fusor during operation in star mode, characterized by "rays" of glowing plasma which appear to emanate from the gaps in the inner grid
Figure 2: A plot of the magnetic field generated by the MaGrid inside a polywell. The null point is marked in red in the center.
Figure 4: Illustration of single electron motion inside the polywell. It is based on figures from "Low beta confinement in a polywell modeled with conventional point cusp theories" but is not an exact copy.
Fusion power
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Fusion power is a potential method of electric power generation from heat released by nuclear fusion reactions. In fusion, two light atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus and release energy.
Polywell
…The polywell is a proposed design for a fusion reactor using an electric and magnetic field to heat ions to fusion conditions. The design is related to the fusor, the high beta fusion reactor, the magnetic…
Fusion plasma in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak.
Early photo of plasma inside a pinch machine (Imperial College 1950–1951)
The UK claimed that it had gotten fusion first in 1957 on ZETA, but this claim had to later be withdrawn.
Magnetic mirrors suffered from end losses, requiring high power, complex magnetic designs, such as the baseball coil pictured here.