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Method and apparatus for producing thermonuclear reactions

  • US 3,071,525 A
  • Filed: 08/19/1958
  • Issued: 01/01/1963
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1958
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. IN A METHOD WHEREIN A GAS IS RAISED TO A VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE TO PRODUCE A CONFINED PLASMA IN AN ENCLOSED EVACUATED VOLUME, THE STEPS COMPRISING ESTABLISHING IN SAID VOLUME AN ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY AXIALLY SYMMETRIC MAGNETIC FIELD HAVING A CENTRAL REGION OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM INTENSITY AND END REGIONS OF INCREASED FIELD INTENSITY, INJECTING AND TRAPPING ELECTRONS OF RELATIVISTIC ENERGIES THEREIN TO FORM A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL LAYER OF ELECTRONS ROTATING ABOUT THE AXIS OF SAID MAGNETIC FIELD THEREBY CREATING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PLASMA CONTAINMENT FIELD PATTERN, AND INTRODUCING A GAS INTO SAID VOLUME TO

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