The Texatron^TM Concept for creation and confinement of hot toroidal plasmas using a RTP (Rifled Toroidal Pinch) Device

The Texatron^TM concept for creation and confinement of hot toroidal plasmas is presented along with results of promising early experiments. The ultimate goal of the Texatron^TM Project is to create a compact source of pulsed fusion power. The Texatron^TM is based on the concept of a “fast pulsed” Torastron toroidal magnetic plasma confinement device [1] where toroidal plasmas will be created and imploded using fast pulsed helical magnetic coils [2]. The optimized design of the Texatron^TM for highest performance is based on a RTP (Rifled Toroidal Pinch) concept , wherein the conducting walls of the torus have engraved grooves in a vortex pattern. Here, the plasma is created and imploded using the RTP design, with two possible global flux invariants: the Wells-Taylor invariant A·B and possibly the Leaf Turner invariant "psi" ², this can result in model toroidal equilibria with helical magnetic fields and finite beta [3] Initial experiments and simulations will be discussed.

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