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Apparatus for heating a plasma

  • US 3,015,618 A
  • Filed: 06/30/1958
  • Issued: 01/02/1962
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1958
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING ENERGY TO A PLASMA AND HEATING THE PLASMA, COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL TORUS-LIKE TUBE DEFINING A UNIFORMLY EVACUATED ENDLESS CHAMBER, MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING A QUASI-STATIC PLASMA-CONFINING MAGNETIC FIELD IN SAID CHAMBER, MEANS ESTABLISHING A PLASMA OF IONS AND ELECTRONS IMMERSED IN SAID MAGNETIC FIELD, AN INDUCTION COIL AROUND SAID TUBE HAVING PERIODIC OPPOSITELY DIRECTED WINDINGS, A RESONATING MAGNETIC SECOND FIELD GENERATING SECTION OPERABLE WITH SAID COIL TO PRODUCE IN SAID CHAMBER ION ACCELERATING SECOND FIELD HAVING A

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