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Defense Intelligence Reference Document Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion

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This Defense Intelligence Agency reference document, dated 10 March 2010, covers inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) fusion. It was produced in FY 2009 under the DIA's Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications (AAWSA) program. The report focuses on work at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and reviews IEC basics, experiments, theory and applications such as neutron sources, explosives detection and space propulsion. It concludes by proposing a breakeven experiment for p-11B fusion that uses a hydrogen plasma simulation.

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“The Star”10 pages

  • p. 5 …Star Mode Seen Through a Reaction Vessel Port Window ....... 9 Figure 1.5. Schematic of the…
  • p. 8 …A photograph of the discharge through the view port shows the "Star Mode" discharge where ion…
  • p. 9 …Grid losses can be reduced by STAR mode operation discussed later where the recirculating ions possess…
  • p. 14 …Miley) later showed that design of grids with larger openings provided the STAR mode where ion…
  • p. 15 …The star mode was used extensively in recent experiments. It is distinguished by microchannels or "spokes…
  • p. 16 …Photo of Star Mode Seen Through a Reaction Vessel Port Window In summary, the basic IEC…
  • p. 23 …It explains how the STAR mode is created by the defocusing properties concave inward (towards the…
  • p. 31 …Description of the IEC Jet Thruster For conventional star mode operation, such as discussed earlier, the…
  • p. 32 …IEC) diverge, and the star-jet operational mode becomes essential. The micro-channel formation in the…
  • p. 52 …Further, the model provides more insight into operation in the STAR mode. This effect, described earlier…
10 March 2010
ICOD: 1 December 2009
DIA-08-1003-006
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