Conveners
DPP Poster Session & Student Poster Competition Finals (7) | Session d'affiches DPP et finales du concours d'affiches étudiantes (7)
- Michael Bradley (University of Saskatchewan)
1. Introduction
The formation of nanoparticles (NP) in glow discharges has been for a long time a subject of high interest. In radio-frequency (RF) discharges, NP growth and its effect on discharge parameters have been studies using reactive
[1,2], and by sputtering of the electrodes [3]. In direct-current (DC) sputtering glow discharge, NP formation, dynamics and transport has also been...
General Fusion is a private company developing Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF). Using the General Fusion MTF method, we first form a spherical tokamak inside a cavity in liquid metal. Compressed gas pushes on pistons that rapidly inject more liquid metal in the chamber, collapsing the cavity and compressing the trapped plasma to higher density and temperature. After a brief description of our...
Measurement of deuterium-deuterium (DD) fusion neutrons is a key diagnostic for magnetized target fusion (MTF) experiments being conducted at General Fusion (GF). When combined with other available diagnostics, the detection of DD fusion neutrons can provide strong constraints on a model of plasma evolution during compression, in particular, ion temperature and density. GF plasma experiments...
The vast majority of power consumed by humanity now (2019) is produced through the burning of some form of fossil fuel. Even if environmental impacts are neglected, this current supply is projected to last on the order of 100 years at the current usage rate. For this reason humanity requires an alternative, safe and reliable high output energy source. For this reason, fusion and related plasma...
At TRIUMF charge breeding of rare isotopes is based on an Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source (ECRIS). A modified 14.5 GHz PHOENIX booster from Pantechnik is being used to boost the charge of rare isotopes after production from the sophisticated TRIUMF target stations in order to match the acceptance velocity of the TRIUMF LINAC. To improve the efficiency of the breeder, a two-frequency...
In this poster we present a new pulsed-target magnetron-enhanced plasma system, with applications in plasma materials processing and fundamental plasma physics. This system embeds a high-density magnetron discharge within a relatively uniform medium-density Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP). We report on experimental studies of this unique plasma system using an RF-compensated Langmuir probe...
The rotational instability of the field-reversed configuration (FRC) has been shown to severely reduce the lifetime of the confined plasma. FRC plasmas have strong rotational modes from the electric drift and the ion-diamagnetic drift. Their nonlinear growth can cause plasma to scrape against the wall, resulting in loss of particles and energy. Edge-biasing refers to applied external fields...
