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Wave-Supported Hybrid Fast-Thermal p-B Fusion
E. J. Kolmes, I. E. Ochs, N. J. Fisch
The possibility of fusion ignition in proton-Boron plasma is strongly enhanced if the energy from the fusion-produced particles is channeled to fast protons, but in an e…
Improving the Feasibility of Economical Proton-Boron 11 Fusion via Alpha Channeling with a Hybrid Fast and Thermal Proton Scheme
Ian E. Ochs, Elijah J. Kolmes, Mikhail E. Mlodik +2
The proton-Boron 11 (p-B11) fusion reaction is much harder to harness for commercial power than the easiest fusion reaction, namely the deuterium and tritium (DT) reaction. The p-B…
Fueling limits in a cylindrical viscosity-limited reactor
Tal Rubin, Elijah J. Kolmes, Ian E. Ochs +2
Recently, a method to achieve a "natural hot-ion mode" was suggested, by utilizing ion viscous heating in a rotating plasma with a fixed boundary. We explore the steady-state solut…
Partial-Ionization Deconfinement Effect in Magnetized Plasma
M. E. Mlodik, E. J. Kolmes, I. E. Ochs +2
In partially ionized plasma, where ions can be in different ionization states, each charge state can be described as a different fluid for the purpose of multi-ion collisional tran…
Temperature Screening and Cross-Field Impurity Accumulation from a Thermodynamic Perspective
E. J. Kolmes, I. E. Ochs, M. E. Mlodik +1
In a variety of different systems, high-Z ion species show a marked tendency to accumulate in regions of high plasma density. It has previously been suggested that the apparent uni…
Momentum Conservation in Current Drive and Alpha-Channeling-Mediated Rotation Drive
Ian E. Ochs, Nathaniel J. Fisch
Alpha channeling uses waves to extract hot ash from a fusion plasma, while transferring energy from the ash to the wave. Intriguingly, it has been proposed that the extraction of t…