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Fusion reactor design
The polywell is a proposed design for a fusion reactor using an electric and magnetic field to heat ions to fusion conditions. Wikipedia →
🧠Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: PolywellA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Electron confinement investigation in low beta magnetic polywell configurationsInfluential work since 2022
- Read the landmark paper: The Polywell™: A Spherically Convergent Ion Focus ConceptCited 55 times
- Go sideways: Inertial electrostatic confinementA closely related topic
- Go sideways: FusorA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The Polywell™: A Spherically Convergent Ion Focus Concept
Low beta confinement in a Polywell modelled with conventional point cusp theories
The dependence of the virtual cathode in a Polywell™ on the coil current and background gas pressure
Scaling law of electron confinement in a zero beta polywell device
A biased probe analysis of potential well formation in an electron only, low beta Polywell magnetic field
Dependence of Potential Well Depth on the Magnetic Field Intensity in a Polywell Reactor
The dependence of potential well formation on the magnetic field strength and electron injection current in a polywell device
A Polywell Fusion Reactor Designed for Net Power Generation
🆕 Influential since 2022
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