Introducing the Novatron, a novel reactor concept

• A new magnetic mirror design is described – the Novatron – with the potential to confine fully stable compact mirror-cusp fusion plasmas. The novel design features an axisymmetric magnetic field configuration with concave curvature throughout, as seen from the outside. Moreover, the Novatron is designed to be self-stabilized against the drift cyclotron loss-cone modes (DCLC). This paper describes the fundamental topology of the magnetic field and presents an outline for the design of the magnet system.

Nyckelord

Novatron

mirror

cusp

minimum-B

MHD-stable

axisymmetric magnetic mirror

high-beta

fusion reactor concept

compact pilot reactor

Atomic, Subatomic and Astrophysics

Atomär fysik, subatomär fysik och astrofysik

Publikations- och innehållstyp

vet (ämneskategori)

ovr (ämneskategori)