Title :
Production of hot plasmas by hypervelocity impact
Author :
Pozwolski, Alexandre E.
Author_Institution :
Education Nationale, Paris, France
fDate :
12/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Very hot plasmas can be obtained by mutual collision of projectiles accelerated to high velocities up to 400 km/s. The electromagnetic drive of lithium or iron circular wires is considered by using either high frequency or constant magnetic fields. When deuterium and tritium are present, fusion reactions are expected. Considering iron, fusion could start from a temperature of 1.4×106 because energy has been released by the recombination of multiple charged ions.
Keywords :
exploding wires; plasma collision processes; plasma production; 400 km/s; D; Fe; Fe circular wires; Li; Li circular wires; T; electromagnetic drive; fusion reactions; hot plasmas production; hypervelocity impact; magnetic fields; multiple charged ions recombination; projectiles mutual collision; Acceleration; Electromagnetic fields; Frequency; Iron; Lithium; Magnetic fields; Plasma accelerators; Production; Projectiles; Wires;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2002.807632
