LiWall Fusion - The New Concept of Magnetic Fusion
Authors: L.E. Zakharov
Abstract: Utilization of the outstanding abilities of a liquid lithium layer in pumping hydrogen isotopes
leads to a new approach to magnetic fusion, called the LiWall Fusion. It relies on innovative plasma
regimes with low edge density and high temperature. The approach combines fueling the plasma by
neutral injection beams with the best possible elimination of outside neutral gas sources, which cools
down the plasma edge. Prevention of cooling the plasma edge suppresses the dominant, temperature
gradient related turbulence in the core. Such an approach is much more suitable for controlled fusion
than the present practice, relying on high heating power for compensating essentially unlimited
turbulent energy losses.
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Accepted to: Topics of Atomic Science and Technology (January 2011)
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