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Magnetic and electrostatic confinement of plasma with tuning of electrostatic field

  • US 7,439,678 B2
  • Filed: 08/02/2006
  • Issued: 10/21/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of confining a plasma having electrons and ions within a confinement structure, the method comprising the steps of:

  • magnetically confining a plurality of plasma ions within a confinement structure within a field reversed configuration (FRC) magnetic field,electrostatically confining a plurality of plasma electrons within an electrostatic potential energy well formed within the confinement structure, andgenerating the electrostatic potential energy well at a magnitude corresponding to the magnitude of an applied magnetic field.

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