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Zap Energy hits 37-million-degree electron temperatures in compact fusion device
Zap Energy announced April 23 that it has reached 1-3 keV plasma electron temperatures—roughly the equivalent of 11 to 37 million degrees Celsius—using its sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch approach to fusion. Reaching temperatures above that of the sun’s core (which is 10 million degrees Celsius temperature) is just one hurdle required before any fusion confinement concept can realistically pursue net gain and fusion energy.
P.I. Melnikov, I.A. Ivanov
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1999 | Pages 366-369
Poster Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963886
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The new spectroscopic method for measurement of hot plasma parameters is developed. The method based on Hα profile monitoring. The profile was accurately calculated for a wide range of plasma parameters (ne∼1014÷1017 cm−3, Te∼1÷500 eV,) Use of the method in the experiment gives the electron density and ion temperature dependence from the time. Measurements was in a good agreement with diamagnetic loop dates.
