This document discusses a fusion-driven rocket (FDR) concept for rapid interplanetary travel. It summarizes the FDR approach, which uses magneto-inertial fusion to directly convert fusion energy into propulsive energy through a thick metal blanket and magnetic nozzle. Initial mission studies show the FDR could enable 30-day and 90-day missions to Mars, with the 30-day option providing the fastest transit but lower payload mass fraction, while the 90-day option allows higher payload but a longer trip. Further development is needed to advance the FDR concept to a technology readiness level of 5 through experiments and additional mission analysis.
This document summarizes the EmDrive technology, which aims to provide propulsion without expelling reaction mass by converting electrical energy to thrust using radiation pressure in a resonant cavity. It provides:
1) An overview of the theoretical basis and 8-year experimental program that has consistently shown thrust measurements agreeing with predictions.
2) A derivation of the basic thrust equation showing how a difference in radiation pressure at the ends of a tapered waveguide produces thrust due to relativistic effects.
3) Answers to frequently asked questions about how the technology can produce net thrust while conserving momentum and energy based on analyzing the waveguide and beam as an open rather than closed system.
The document summarizes research on a proposed plasma magnet propulsion concept. Key points:
1) Experiments at the University of Washington generated and sustained up to 10kA of plasma current using a rotating magnetic field, enough to inflate a plasma bubble similar to a mini-magnetosphere.
2) Measurements found electron temperatures of 18eV and densities sufficient to sustain particle confinement for over a year within an inflated 100km plasma bubble.
3) Numerical simulations modeled self-consistent electron motion within experimental rotating dipole fields and plasma inflation dynamics, supporting the feasibility of the plasma magnet concept for deep space exploration propulsion.
This document reviews experimental approaches to analyze spin wave dynamics in ferromagnetic nanoscale structures. It describes recent developments in frequency- and field-swept spectroscopy to determine the resonant response of nanoscale ferromagnets. It also describes time-resolved measurements in the GHz frequency and picosecond time domains to analyze the relaxation of magnetization after microwave excitation. Examples are presented for analyzing and manipulating different mechanisms for the relaxation of magnetization into its ground state.
Binary pulsars provide an excellent tool to test theories of gravity. The document describes several binary pulsar systems and how measurements of their orbital parameters over time have allowed for high-precision tests of general relativity in strong gravitational fields. Specifically, the double pulsar system PSR J0737-3039A/B has enabled measurements that agree with general relativity predictions to within 0.05% precision by measuring parameters like periastron advance and gravitational redshift effects.
Polarization bremsstrahlung on atoms, plasmas, nanostructures and solidsSpringer
This document discusses the quantum electrodynamics approach to describing bremsstrahlung, or braking radiation, of a fast charged particle colliding with an atom. It derives expressions for the amplitude of bremsstrahlung on a one-electron atom within the first Born approximation. The amplitude has static and polarization terms. The static term corresponds to radiation from the incident particle in the nuclear field, reproducing previous results. The polarization term accounts for radiation from the atomic electron and contains resonant denominators corresponding to intermediate atomic states. The full treatment allows various limits to be taken, such as removing the nucleus or atomic electron, reproducing known results from quantum electrodynamics.
This document discusses various plasma diagnostic techniques including optical emission spectroscopy, laser-induced fluorescence, and absorption spectroscopy. Instrumentation for plasma diagnostics typically includes a light source, light guide, spectrometer, and detector. Optical emission spectroscopy analyzes light emitted from plasma and can be used to determine electron temperature and density. Laser-induced fluorescence excites plasma species with a laser and analyzes spontaneous emission. Absorption spectroscopy measures light absorption through plasma to determine species concentrations. Hydrogen Balmer lines are commonly used for density measurements as hydrogen can be added without disturbing the plasma.
I'm not the author of this presentation, I'm just sharing it here for better accessibility.
This slideshow was given by Roger Shawyer to NSF (NASA spaceflight forum) member Mullerton for wider distribution.
This document summarizes the EmDrive technology, which aims to provide propulsion without expelling reaction mass by converting electrical energy to thrust using radiation pressure in a resonant cavity. It provides:
1) An overview of the theoretical basis and 8-year experimental program that has consistently shown thrust measurements agreeing with predictions.
2) A derivation of the basic thrust equation showing how a difference in radiation pressure at the ends of a tapered waveguide produces thrust due to relativistic effects.
3) Answers to frequently asked questions about how the technology can produce net thrust while conserving momentum and energy based on analyzing the waveguide and beam as an open rather than closed system.
The document summarizes research on a proposed plasma magnet propulsion concept. Key points:
1) Experiments at the University of Washington generated and sustained up to 10kA of plasma current using a rotating magnetic field, enough to inflate a plasma bubble similar to a mini-magnetosphere.
2) Measurements found electron temperatures of 18eV and densities sufficient to sustain particle confinement for over a year within an inflated 100km plasma bubble.
3) Numerical simulations modeled self-consistent electron motion within experimental rotating dipole fields and plasma inflation dynamics, supporting the feasibility of the plasma magnet concept for deep space exploration propulsion.
This document reviews experimental approaches to analyze spin wave dynamics in ferromagnetic nanoscale structures. It describes recent developments in frequency- and field-swept spectroscopy to determine the resonant response of nanoscale ferromagnets. It also describes time-resolved measurements in the GHz frequency and picosecond time domains to analyze the relaxation of magnetization after microwave excitation. Examples are presented for analyzing and manipulating different mechanisms for the relaxation of magnetization into its ground state.
Binary pulsars provide an excellent tool to test theories of gravity. The document describes several binary pulsar systems and how measurements of their orbital parameters over time have allowed for high-precision tests of general relativity in strong gravitational fields. Specifically, the double pulsar system PSR J0737-3039A/B has enabled measurements that agree with general relativity predictions to within 0.05% precision by measuring parameters like periastron advance and gravitational redshift effects.
Polarization bremsstrahlung on atoms, plasmas, nanostructures and solidsSpringer
This document discusses the quantum electrodynamics approach to describing bremsstrahlung, or braking radiation, of a fast charged particle colliding with an atom. It derives expressions for the amplitude of bremsstrahlung on a one-electron atom within the first Born approximation. The amplitude has static and polarization terms. The static term corresponds to radiation from the incident particle in the nuclear field, reproducing previous results. The polarization term accounts for radiation from the atomic electron and contains resonant denominators corresponding to intermediate atomic states. The full treatment allows various limits to be taken, such as removing the nucleus or atomic electron, reproducing known results from quantum electrodynamics.
This document discusses various plasma diagnostic techniques including optical emission spectroscopy, laser-induced fluorescence, and absorption spectroscopy. Instrumentation for plasma diagnostics typically includes a light source, light guide, spectrometer, and detector. Optical emission spectroscopy analyzes light emitted from plasma and can be used to determine electron temperature and density. Laser-induced fluorescence excites plasma species with a laser and analyzes spontaneous emission. Absorption spectroscopy measures light absorption through plasma to determine species concentrations. Hydrogen Balmer lines are commonly used for density measurements as hydrogen can be added without disturbing the plasma.
I'm not the author of this presentation, I'm just sharing it here for better accessibility.
This slideshow was given by Roger Shawyer to NSF (NASA spaceflight forum) member Mullerton for wider distribution.
This document discusses magnetic deflagration and detonation in nanomagnets and manganites. It summarizes previous work on magnetic avalanches in these materials and introduces the concept of quantum magnetic deflagration. Key findings include observing deflagration fronts propagating at resonant magnetic fields and a potential deflagration to detonation transition. The document also discusses using surface acoustic waves and high-frequency EPR to study spin dynamics, as well as observing magnetic deflagration and colossal resistivity changes in manganites.
1. The Stern-Gerlach experiment discovered that silver atoms split into two beams, indicating the presence of an intrinsic "spin" angular momentum of 1/2 beyond orbital angular momentum.
2. Elementary particles are classified as fermions, with half-integer spin, and bosons, with integer spin. The spin of the electron is represented by a two-component spinor.
3. In a magnetic field, the spin precesses around the field direction at the Larmor frequency, independent of initial spin orientation. This principle underlies paramagnetic resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
This document provides an outline for a colloquium on searches for spin-dependent short-range forces. It discusses the motivation for searching for such forces from theories of baryon asymmetry in the universe and the strong CP problem. It then describes several experimental techniques using polarized 3He to search for these forces, including measurements of precession frequency shifts. The document outlines improvements that could be made to experimental configurations, cells, masses, and magnetic fields to increase experimental sensitivity.
Alessandra Buonanno gave a lecture on the analytical and numerical relativity approaches used to model gravitational waveforms from inspiraling binary systems. She discussed how post-Newtonian theory, effective one body theory, and numerical relativity are used to approximately and exactly solve Einstein's field equations. She emphasized the crucial synergy between analytical and numerical relativity approaches to develop accurate gravitational waveform models like EOBNR and Phenom that have been used to infer astrophysics from LIGO/Virgo detections.
The document discusses gravitational waves and binary systems. It provides context on the history of gravitational wave detection, from Einstein's early work developing the theory of gravitational waves to Joseph Weber's pioneering efforts to detect them in the 1960s. It also summarizes the development of laser interferometer gravitational wave detectors by researchers in the US, Germany, Italy, and the UK beginning in the 1970s and 1980s. Key detections by LIGO and Virgo are noted, including GW150914 in 2015. Theoretical work on modeling gravitational waveforms from coalescing compact binaries is summarized, from early perturbative approaches to more recent analytical methods like the effective one-body formalism.
This document summarizes a lecture on using gravitational wave waveform models to test general relativity and probe the nature of compact objects through gravitational wave observations. It discusses how waveform models can be used to bound post-Newtonian coefficients, constrain phenomenological merger-ringdown parameters, and probe the quasi-normal modes of black hole ringdowns. Measuring multiple modes could verify the no-hair theorem and black hole uniqueness properties. Future observations from LIGO and Virgo at design sensitivity may allow high-precision black hole spectroscopy and tests of general relativity in the strong, dynamical gravity regime.
Molecular dynamics (MD) is a computer simulation technique used to model physical movements of atoms and molecules over time. MD simulations involve numerically solving classical equations of motion to simulate interactions between atoms at different scales, from molecular to human to planetary. While MD can provide detailed atomic-level insights, it has limitations such as potential issues with numerical integration accuracy at small time steps.
This document discusses feedback mechanisms in galaxy formation, outlining several key questions and findings. It argues that momentum input, rather than energy, dominates the impact of feedback in dense gas. Simulations including momentum are able to create turbulent, inhomogeneous interstellar media and launch galactic winds consistent with observations. Feedback also plays a role in regulating star formation and black hole growth during galaxy mergers. Central AGN feedback is found to be driven primarily by momentum rather than energy injection, and may help explain observed correlations like the M-BH-σ relation.
The document discusses ambient plasma wave propulsion, including:
1) The concept involves using onboard power to couple with ambient plasma waves in environments like planetary magnetospheres and radiating wave energy directionally for propulsion.
2) Initial modeling of wave propagation in Jupiter's magnetosphere has been done using ray tracing to examine Alfven wave behavior.
3) Preliminary antenna modeling indicates antenna sizes of 10-100km may be required, and that coupling is inversely dependent on antenna length.
- The document discusses methods for characterizing dark energy and modified gravity models in a model-independent way using cosmological observations.
- Due to the "dark degeneracy" between dark matter and dark energy, it is not possible to separately measure the properties of dark matter and dark energy without assuming a specific model class.
- Observables like the Hubble parameter H(z) and gravitational potentials can be reconstructed from the data, but this does not break the degeneracy between dark matter and dark energy contributions.
- The scale-dependence of quantities like the gravitational potentials and growth rate can be used to test and constrain broad classes of dark energy and modified gravity models in a more model-independent way.
The 21cm line from neutral hydrogen can be used to study cosmology during the first billion years of the universe. This includes the Dark Ages when no structures formed, the Cosmic Dawn when the first luminous objects formed, and the Epoch of Reionization when these objects reionized the intergalactic medium. Current and future 21cm experiments like LOFAR, MWA, PAPER, and HERA aim to detect the signal from these eras but face challenges in calibrating the instruments and subtracting bright foreground sources. Some progress has been made in placing upper limits on the signal and constraining the heating of the intergalactic medium by X-rays, but a clear detection of the signal is still needed
This document discusses 6-D cooling techniques needed for a muon collider. It begins by outlining the physics motivation for a muon collider, particularly for studying the Higgs boson. It then discusses the advantages and challenges of using muons, including their short lifetime and diffuse initial phase space. It introduces concepts of phase space distribution and 6-D cooling using canonical coordinates. Design objectives like luminosity requirements necessitate reducing the 6-D emittance by around 106. Ionization cooling is proposed, which uses energy loss in absorbers and RF cavities to cool muons transversely and longitudinally. Key concepts like stopping power, ionization energy loss, and stochastic effects are covered.
1) The document discusses multi-messenger astronomy and the detection of electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational waves, neutrinos, and cosmic rays.
2) It provides background on neutrino astronomy, gravitational wave detections from binary neutron star mergers, and kilonova emissions from such mergers.
3) The merger of GW170817 and its association with GRB170817A and kilonova AT2017gfo provided the first direct evidence that neutron star mergers are the origin of short gamma-ray bursts and produce r-process nucleosynthesis.
A photon is a self-sustaining, electromagnetic traveling spin wave disturbance in a polarizable vacuum. A photon is described as a spin 1 boson with helical geometry. A graviton represents a momentary resonance superposition of a photon and counter-propagating phase conjugate photon with net zero linear momentum. A graviton is described as a spin 2 boson with helicoid geometry with additive spins. Phase conjugation reflection occurs at EM wave front interference anti-nodes at Fresnel zone boundaries.
- The document discusses the history and technique of measuring the electric dipole moment (EDM) of the neutron, which would violate parity and time reversal symmetry.
- It outlines the key aspects of the new neutron EDM experiment being conducted at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, including using ultracold neutrons stored in superfluid helium-4 and measuring their precession with polarized helium-3 as a comagnetometer.
- It also describes experiments measuring the "dressed spin" effect where the effective g-factors of neutrons and helium-3 are made identical through application of a resonant radiofrequency dressing field, which could improve the sensitivity of the neutron E
This document provides an introduction to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. It begins with an overview of NMR and spectroscopy. It then reviews common units used in NMR such as time, temperature, magnetic field strength, energy, and frequency. The document consists of introductory chapters that cover topics like the basics of NMR, mathematics relevant to NMR, spin physics, and energy levels. It provides explanations of fundamental NMR concepts such as spin, magnetic moments, energy states, resonance frequency, and relaxation times T1 and T2. The overall document serves as a comprehensive primer on basic NMR principles.
Modeling the transport of charge carriers in the active devices diode submicr...IJERA Editor
A Monte Carlo simulation program was developed to simulate the movement of electrons in a submicron GaInP diode three dimensional (3D) with 0.1 microns-long active layer. The algorithm couples a standard Monte Carlo particle simulator for the Boltzmann equation with a 3D Poisson solver. Thus a series of hits for a specific MC submicron diode (GaInP), with an active layer (n = 2x1015cm-3) of length 0.1μm surrounded by two regions doped with n = 5x1017cm-3, are presented. The lattice temperature is 300K and the anode voltage Va is 1V. The analysis also showed that the average drift velocity to the electrons in the channel is about 5x106 cm/sec
1) Massive black hole binaries form during galaxy mergers and evolve through dynamical friction and 3-body interactions with stars until reaching separations of ~0.01 pc where gravitational wave emission takes over.
2) Gas dynamics may also drive black hole binaries to smaller separations for coalescence.
3) Black hole binary coalescence timescales are typically long, on the order of billions of years, which has implications for gravitational wave detection and triple black hole interactions.
Magnum.fe is a finite-element software for micromagnetic simulations that can model magnetization dynamics, spin diffusion effects, and other contributions. It uses the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation and finite element methods. Applications include simulating spin-torque oscillators, spin-transfer torque MRAM switching dynamics, and the giant magnetoresistance effect in magnetic multilayers.
Терагерцевое излучение применили для сверхбыстрой перезаписи спиновAnatol Alizar
The document demonstrates that intense terahertz pulses can be used to nonlinearly control spin dynamics in the antiferromagnet TmFeO3 through a novel mechanism. Resonant excitation of electronic orbital transitions of rare-earth Tm3+ ions by the terahertz electric field abruptly modifies the magnetic anisotropy. This triggers large-amplitude coherent oscillations of the iron spins that scale quadratically with the terahertz field strength, outperforming conventional linear Zeeman coupling to the magnetic field.
Design and Assembly of an Economically-viable Near-Earth Asteroid Mining Robotadamwick
Presented in 2005
Outer space is a dangerous environment for humans to explore. However, unmanned spacecraft, the workhorses of NASA’s current space program, can travel through space with relative ease. By constructing an advanced robotic mining craft using a combination of current and easily obtained future technologies, a mining expedition could be made to one of Earth’s nearest neighbors, a near-Earth asteroid. Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) come in all shapes and in all varieties, which makes choosing the proper asteroid to mine a nontrivial affair: considerations must be made of asteroidal orbit, size, and composition. In addition, once the asteroid is reached by the mining craft, the physical and chemical act of mining an asteroid in deep space, far from places where “normal” conditions like gravity and an oxygenated atmosphere prevail, is substantially difficult; each mining implement, procedure, and storage technique must be chosen precisely. After the completion of the first mining mission, the mining craft will return to Earth orbit where it will transfer its precious cargo of ferrous metals, rarer-metals, and volatile gasses to an awaiting orbital station, thus avoiding any further need to launch minerals from Earth, which is extremely expensive. As a result of the asteroid mining and resource gathering operation, the National Aeronautics and Space Association will be able to expand the number of its deep-space operations exponentially.
Indian railways mechanical vocational training report 1 haxxo24 i~ihaxxo24
Indian Railways was previously transporting passengers using coaches designed by ICF that had limitations in speed, corrosion resistance, ride comfort, and part wear. To address this, it began procuring LHB coaches from Alstom featuring superior passenger experience, safety, and maintenance needs. Key benefits of LHB coaches include higher capacity, lower weight, reduced corrosion, lower maintenance requirements, and improved aesthetics, comfort, and safety. They use advanced materials, designs, and manufacturing techniques.
This document discusses magnetic deflagration and detonation in nanomagnets and manganites. It summarizes previous work on magnetic avalanches in these materials and introduces the concept of quantum magnetic deflagration. Key findings include observing deflagration fronts propagating at resonant magnetic fields and a potential deflagration to detonation transition. The document also discusses using surface acoustic waves and high-frequency EPR to study spin dynamics, as well as observing magnetic deflagration and colossal resistivity changes in manganites.
1. The Stern-Gerlach experiment discovered that silver atoms split into two beams, indicating the presence of an intrinsic "spin" angular momentum of 1/2 beyond orbital angular momentum.
2. Elementary particles are classified as fermions, with half-integer spin, and bosons, with integer spin. The spin of the electron is represented by a two-component spinor.
3. In a magnetic field, the spin precesses around the field direction at the Larmor frequency, independent of initial spin orientation. This principle underlies paramagnetic resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
This document provides an outline for a colloquium on searches for spin-dependent short-range forces. It discusses the motivation for searching for such forces from theories of baryon asymmetry in the universe and the strong CP problem. It then describes several experimental techniques using polarized 3He to search for these forces, including measurements of precession frequency shifts. The document outlines improvements that could be made to experimental configurations, cells, masses, and magnetic fields to increase experimental sensitivity.
Alessandra Buonanno gave a lecture on the analytical and numerical relativity approaches used to model gravitational waveforms from inspiraling binary systems. She discussed how post-Newtonian theory, effective one body theory, and numerical relativity are used to approximately and exactly solve Einstein's field equations. She emphasized the crucial synergy between analytical and numerical relativity approaches to develop accurate gravitational waveform models like EOBNR and Phenom that have been used to infer astrophysics from LIGO/Virgo detections.
The document discusses gravitational waves and binary systems. It provides context on the history of gravitational wave detection, from Einstein's early work developing the theory of gravitational waves to Joseph Weber's pioneering efforts to detect them in the 1960s. It also summarizes the development of laser interferometer gravitational wave detectors by researchers in the US, Germany, Italy, and the UK beginning in the 1970s and 1980s. Key detections by LIGO and Virgo are noted, including GW150914 in 2015. Theoretical work on modeling gravitational waveforms from coalescing compact binaries is summarized, from early perturbative approaches to more recent analytical methods like the effective one-body formalism.
This document summarizes a lecture on using gravitational wave waveform models to test general relativity and probe the nature of compact objects through gravitational wave observations. It discusses how waveform models can be used to bound post-Newtonian coefficients, constrain phenomenological merger-ringdown parameters, and probe the quasi-normal modes of black hole ringdowns. Measuring multiple modes could verify the no-hair theorem and black hole uniqueness properties. Future observations from LIGO and Virgo at design sensitivity may allow high-precision black hole spectroscopy and tests of general relativity in the strong, dynamical gravity regime.
Molecular dynamics (MD) is a computer simulation technique used to model physical movements of atoms and molecules over time. MD simulations involve numerically solving classical equations of motion to simulate interactions between atoms at different scales, from molecular to human to planetary. While MD can provide detailed atomic-level insights, it has limitations such as potential issues with numerical integration accuracy at small time steps.
This document discusses feedback mechanisms in galaxy formation, outlining several key questions and findings. It argues that momentum input, rather than energy, dominates the impact of feedback in dense gas. Simulations including momentum are able to create turbulent, inhomogeneous interstellar media and launch galactic winds consistent with observations. Feedback also plays a role in regulating star formation and black hole growth during galaxy mergers. Central AGN feedback is found to be driven primarily by momentum rather than energy injection, and may help explain observed correlations like the M-BH-σ relation.
The document discusses ambient plasma wave propulsion, including:
1) The concept involves using onboard power to couple with ambient plasma waves in environments like planetary magnetospheres and radiating wave energy directionally for propulsion.
2) Initial modeling of wave propagation in Jupiter's magnetosphere has been done using ray tracing to examine Alfven wave behavior.
3) Preliminary antenna modeling indicates antenna sizes of 10-100km may be required, and that coupling is inversely dependent on antenna length.
- The document discusses methods for characterizing dark energy and modified gravity models in a model-independent way using cosmological observations.
- Due to the "dark degeneracy" between dark matter and dark energy, it is not possible to separately measure the properties of dark matter and dark energy without assuming a specific model class.
- Observables like the Hubble parameter H(z) and gravitational potentials can be reconstructed from the data, but this does not break the degeneracy between dark matter and dark energy contributions.
- The scale-dependence of quantities like the gravitational potentials and growth rate can be used to test and constrain broad classes of dark energy and modified gravity models in a more model-independent way.
The 21cm line from neutral hydrogen can be used to study cosmology during the first billion years of the universe. This includes the Dark Ages when no structures formed, the Cosmic Dawn when the first luminous objects formed, and the Epoch of Reionization when these objects reionized the intergalactic medium. Current and future 21cm experiments like LOFAR, MWA, PAPER, and HERA aim to detect the signal from these eras but face challenges in calibrating the instruments and subtracting bright foreground sources. Some progress has been made in placing upper limits on the signal and constraining the heating of the intergalactic medium by X-rays, but a clear detection of the signal is still needed
This document discusses 6-D cooling techniques needed for a muon collider. It begins by outlining the physics motivation for a muon collider, particularly for studying the Higgs boson. It then discusses the advantages and challenges of using muons, including their short lifetime and diffuse initial phase space. It introduces concepts of phase space distribution and 6-D cooling using canonical coordinates. Design objectives like luminosity requirements necessitate reducing the 6-D emittance by around 106. Ionization cooling is proposed, which uses energy loss in absorbers and RF cavities to cool muons transversely and longitudinally. Key concepts like stopping power, ionization energy loss, and stochastic effects are covered.
1) The document discusses multi-messenger astronomy and the detection of electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational waves, neutrinos, and cosmic rays.
2) It provides background on neutrino astronomy, gravitational wave detections from binary neutron star mergers, and kilonova emissions from such mergers.
3) The merger of GW170817 and its association with GRB170817A and kilonova AT2017gfo provided the first direct evidence that neutron star mergers are the origin of short gamma-ray bursts and produce r-process nucleosynthesis.
A photon is a self-sustaining, electromagnetic traveling spin wave disturbance in a polarizable vacuum. A photon is described as a spin 1 boson with helical geometry. A graviton represents a momentary resonance superposition of a photon and counter-propagating phase conjugate photon with net zero linear momentum. A graviton is described as a spin 2 boson with helicoid geometry with additive spins. Phase conjugation reflection occurs at EM wave front interference anti-nodes at Fresnel zone boundaries.
- The document discusses the history and technique of measuring the electric dipole moment (EDM) of the neutron, which would violate parity and time reversal symmetry.
- It outlines the key aspects of the new neutron EDM experiment being conducted at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, including using ultracold neutrons stored in superfluid helium-4 and measuring their precession with polarized helium-3 as a comagnetometer.
- It also describes experiments measuring the "dressed spin" effect where the effective g-factors of neutrons and helium-3 are made identical through application of a resonant radiofrequency dressing field, which could improve the sensitivity of the neutron E
This document provides an introduction to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. It begins with an overview of NMR and spectroscopy. It then reviews common units used in NMR such as time, temperature, magnetic field strength, energy, and frequency. The document consists of introductory chapters that cover topics like the basics of NMR, mathematics relevant to NMR, spin physics, and energy levels. It provides explanations of fundamental NMR concepts such as spin, magnetic moments, energy states, resonance frequency, and relaxation times T1 and T2. The overall document serves as a comprehensive primer on basic NMR principles.
Modeling the transport of charge carriers in the active devices diode submicr...IJERA Editor
A Monte Carlo simulation program was developed to simulate the movement of electrons in a submicron GaInP diode three dimensional (3D) with 0.1 microns-long active layer. The algorithm couples a standard Monte Carlo particle simulator for the Boltzmann equation with a 3D Poisson solver. Thus a series of hits for a specific MC submicron diode (GaInP), with an active layer (n = 2x1015cm-3) of length 0.1μm surrounded by two regions doped with n = 5x1017cm-3, are presented. The lattice temperature is 300K and the anode voltage Va is 1V. The analysis also showed that the average drift velocity to the electrons in the channel is about 5x106 cm/sec
1) Massive black hole binaries form during galaxy mergers and evolve through dynamical friction and 3-body interactions with stars until reaching separations of ~0.01 pc where gravitational wave emission takes over.
2) Gas dynamics may also drive black hole binaries to smaller separations for coalescence.
3) Black hole binary coalescence timescales are typically long, on the order of billions of years, which has implications for gravitational wave detection and triple black hole interactions.
Magnum.fe is a finite-element software for micromagnetic simulations that can model magnetization dynamics, spin diffusion effects, and other contributions. It uses the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation and finite element methods. Applications include simulating spin-torque oscillators, spin-transfer torque MRAM switching dynamics, and the giant magnetoresistance effect in magnetic multilayers.
Терагерцевое излучение применили для сверхбыстрой перезаписи спиновAnatol Alizar
The document demonstrates that intense terahertz pulses can be used to nonlinearly control spin dynamics in the antiferromagnet TmFeO3 through a novel mechanism. Resonant excitation of electronic orbital transitions of rare-earth Tm3+ ions by the terahertz electric field abruptly modifies the magnetic anisotropy. This triggers large-amplitude coherent oscillations of the iron spins that scale quadratically with the terahertz field strength, outperforming conventional linear Zeeman coupling to the magnetic field.
Design and Assembly of an Economically-viable Near-Earth Asteroid Mining Robotadamwick
Presented in 2005
Outer space is a dangerous environment for humans to explore. However, unmanned spacecraft, the workhorses of NASA’s current space program, can travel through space with relative ease. By constructing an advanced robotic mining craft using a combination of current and easily obtained future technologies, a mining expedition could be made to one of Earth’s nearest neighbors, a near-Earth asteroid. Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) come in all shapes and in all varieties, which makes choosing the proper asteroid to mine a nontrivial affair: considerations must be made of asteroidal orbit, size, and composition. In addition, once the asteroid is reached by the mining craft, the physical and chemical act of mining an asteroid in deep space, far from places where “normal” conditions like gravity and an oxygenated atmosphere prevail, is substantially difficult; each mining implement, procedure, and storage technique must be chosen precisely. After the completion of the first mining mission, the mining craft will return to Earth orbit where it will transfer its precious cargo of ferrous metals, rarer-metals, and volatile gasses to an awaiting orbital station, thus avoiding any further need to launch minerals from Earth, which is extremely expensive. As a result of the asteroid mining and resource gathering operation, the National Aeronautics and Space Association will be able to expand the number of its deep-space operations exponentially.
Indian railways mechanical vocational training report 1 haxxo24 i~ihaxxo24
Indian Railways was previously transporting passengers using coaches designed by ICF that had limitations in speed, corrosion resistance, ride comfort, and part wear. To address this, it began procuring LHB coaches from Alstom featuring superior passenger experience, safety, and maintenance needs. Key benefits of LHB coaches include higher capacity, lower weight, reduced corrosion, lower maintenance requirements, and improved aesthetics, comfort, and safety. They use advanced materials, designs, and manufacturing techniques.
Concentrated Solar Power Course - Session 1 : FundamentalsLeonardo ENERGY
Lesson 1 : Fundamentals of concentrating solar thermal power
In this session, the contents will focus on the physical and thermodynamic basis of Concentrated Solar Power:
* High temperature solar-thermal conversion, limits to the concentration of solar radiation and description of the main concentrating technologies.
* Solar thermal power plants: concept, background, general configuration and main typologies of solar thermal power plants.
The document discusses an underwater windmill, which extracts power from tides. It has main parts including turbines, a gearbox, and generator. The turbines are installed on the ocean floor and convert kinetic tidal energy into electricity. As the tides cause water to flow, it makes the turbine rotor spin, which turns the generator via the gearbox to produce electricity. The electricity is transmitted via cables to land. While high initial costs and difficulty of installation are disadvantages, underwater windmills have benefits of being renewable, emissions-free, and having low maintenance costs.
Artificial photosynthesis komal lagu_finalKomal Lagu
Artificial photosynthesis aims to mimic natural photosynthesis by using synthetic materials to split water and produce hydrogen and oxygen using sunlight. The document discusses an "artificial leaf" developed by MIT researchers that uses silicon solar cells coated with catalysts to produce hydrogen and oxygen gases from water when exposed to sunlight. Current artificial leaf prototypes have efficiencies around 2-5% but challenges remain in improving efficiency and reducing costs to enable commercialization of the technology for renewable energy applications.
What is energy harvesting?
What are some of its applications?
Can we make that at home?
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The driving engine for the exponential growth of digital information processing systems is scaling down the transistor dimensions. For decades, this has enhanced the device performance and density. However, the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) states the end of Moore’s law in the next decade due to the scaling challenges of silicon-based CMOS electronics, e.g. extremely high power density. The forward-looking solutions are the utilization of emerging materials and devices for integrated circuits, e.g. carbon-based materials. The presentation of my Ph.D. work focuses on graphene, one atomic layer of carbon sheet, experimentally discovered in 2004. Since fabrication technology of emerging materials is still in early stages, transistor modeling has been playing an important role for evaluating futuristic graphene-based devices and circuits. The device has been simulated by solving a quantum transport model based on non-equilibrium Green’s function (NEGF) approach, which fully treats short channel-length electrostatic effects and the quantum tunneling effects, leading to the technology exploration of graphene nanoribbon field effect transistors (GNR FETs) for the future. This research presents a comprehensive study of the width-dependence performance of the GNR FETs and the scaling of its channel length down to 2.5 nanometer, investigating its potential use beyond-CMOS emerging technology.
New Constraints on Warm Dark Matter from the Lyman-α Forest Power SpectrumSérgio Sacani
The forest of Lyman-α absorption lines detected in the spectra of distant quasars encodes information on the nature and properties of dark matter and the thermodynamics of diffuse baryonic
material. Its main observable – the 1D flux power spectrum (FPS) – should exhibit a suppression on
small scales and an enhancement on large scales in warm dark matter (WDM) cosmologies compared
to standard ΛCDM. Here, we present an unprecedented suite of 1080 high-resolution cosmological
hydrodynamical simulations run with the Graphics Processing Unit-accelerated code Cholla to
study the evolution of the Lyman-α forest under a wide range of physically-motivated gas thermal
histories along with different free-streaming lengths of WDM thermal relics in the early Universe. A
statistical comparison of synthetic data with the forest FPS measured down to the smallest velocity
scales ever probed at redshifts 4.0 ∼
< z ∼
< 5.2 [1] yields a lower limit mWDM > 3.1 keV (95 percent
CL) for the WDM particle mass and constrains the amplitude and spectrum of the photoheating
and photoionizing background produced by star-forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei at these
redshifts. Interestingly, our Bayesian inference analysis appears to weakly favor WDM models with a
peak likelihood value at the thermal relic mass of mWDM = 4.5 keV. We find that the suppression of
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this saturated suppression combined with a slightly lower gas temperature provides a moderately
better fit to the observed small-scale FPS for WDM cosmologies.
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1. Nuclear Propulsion through Direct Conversion of Fusion Energy: The Fusion Driven Rocket
John Slough
David Kirtley, Anthony Pancotti, Michael Pfaff,
Christopher Pihl, George Votroubek
MSNW LLC
8551 154th Avenue NE, Redmond WA 98052
sloughj@msnwllc.com
NIAC SPRING SYMPOSIUM March 27-29, 2012 - Pasadena, CA
2. Talk Outline
I.Description and Motivation for the Fusion Driven Rocket (FDR)
i.Dramatic reduction in time and cost for manned space travel
ii.Mitigation of space radiation risk (GCR exposure)
iii.Large payload mass fraction (> 50%) for Mars Direct
II.Basic physics of the FDR
i.Magneto-Inertial Fusion
ii.FDR approach and fusion gain scaling
iii.Application to space propulsion
III.Mission studies
i.Analytical Calculations
ii.Rapid Mars Transits - 30d and 90d
iii.Mission Trade Study
iv.Initial results from Copernicus modeling
IV.Plans for future FDR development to TRL 5
i.Design of the FDR breakeven proof of concept experiment
ii.Mission analysis refinements
iii.Technology development and spin-offs (fusion electric power plant!?)
3. (1)Must provide for the reaction energy (chemical, fission, fusion) to be converted efficiently into propulsive (directed) energy. FDR NTR NEP Chemical
(2)Propellant must achieve sufficiently high Isp (~ 2000s) for reasonable payload mass fractions. FDR NTR NEP Chemical
(3)It cannot be so massive to require in space assembly, and/or mission complex as to require several ETO launches. FDR NTR NEP Chemical
(4)It should be based on currently accepted principles of physics and reasonable technology extrapolation (no cold fusion, matter/anti-matter, P-11B, worm holes etc.) FDR NTR NEP Chemical
Criteria for Propulsion System To
Enable Rapid Planetary Missions
4. Accelerating the space ship mass Mss over a time t implies a power P
where:
One defines a characteristic velocity vc:
where aP is the specific power:
with aM the specific mass.
The the trip time, ttrip, to go a distance L is
For the 90 day Mars transit (L ~ 1.5 AU) requires a >~ 2.5
For the 30 day Mars transit (L ~ 0.7 AU) requires aM >~ 0.4
AU
Mars
Sun
Earth
2 1 0 1 2
2
1
0
1
2
AU
t
2
2
c
v
ss
M
Pj
2 1/ 3
trip M
c
trip or (days) 51.6 (kg/ kW)L (AU)
v
L
t 2 t a
Trip Time and the Specific Power
(Mass) for Direct Mission to Mars
1
M
ss
j
P M
P a a
(1 AU = 1.5x1011 m)
FDR: 4 < aM < 0.3
1/ 2
vc 2at
5. The career limit is 400 mSv for a 25 year old with a 3% risk of fatal cancer
There is actually great uncertainty as to what the actual risk is for long term low level exposure
Estimated Total Equivalent Doses for a Mars mission
Current technology
(210 days)
Mars sortie mission (30 days stay)
Nuclear thermal/electric reactor (150 days)
Fusion Driven Rocket
(30 days)
Long stay at Mars base (525 days)
Solid bars – calculation for spacecraft with a minimum shield (5 g/cm2 Al) Dashed bars – calculations for a thick shield (20 g/cm2 Al)
6. Lowest mass fusion system is realized with FRC compressed by convergent array of magnetically driven metal foils - steps (a), (b)
Fusion neutron and particle energy is directly transferred to the encapsulating, thick metal blanket - step (c)
−Provides spacecraft isolation from fusion process
−Eliminates need for large radiator mass
Expansion of hot, ionized propellant in magnetic nozzle - step (d)
−Produces high thrust at optimal Isp
Fusion Propulsion Based on the Inductively-Driven, Metal Propellant Compression of an FRC Plasmoid
7. Fusion Ignition Successes
Have lead to the Two Main Approaches for Controlled Fusion
II. Basic physics of the FDR
Steady State Burn with Gravitational Compression and Confinement
Transient Burn from Explosive Material
Compression and Inertial Confinement
Steady State Burn with Fusion a Heating and Magnetic Confinement
1. radiation (x-rays, laser, or ion) energy deposition rapidly heats shell (liner) surrounding D-T fuel 2 - fuel is compressed by the rocket-like blow-off of the hot surface material 3 - fuel core reaches density and temperature for fusion ignition yielding ~ 200 times the compressional energy
Micro-scale Version without Chemical/Nuclear Driver
spherical tokamak pressure contours and field line topology
8. Magneto-Inertial Fusion
Best of Both Worlds
ITER
ICF
electron thermal
conduction
ICF
MIF
(FDR)
MFE
Fusion
Engine
(pulsed)
FRC Scaling
Tokamak
ITER89-P
Plasma Pressure
Exceeds Material
Yield Strength
1020 1022 1024 1026 1028 1030 1032
Plasma Density (m-3)
Stored Energy (J)
1012
109
106
103
Plasma Energy (J)
Solid stars signify fusion gain conditions w Ti = Te = 10 keV
(ITER)
(NIF)
NIF
ITER MFE Issues:
Enormous magnetic energy requires SS Magnets
Due to topological complexity must operate continuously for > 30 yrs
Devastating transient instabilities defy solution
NIF ICF Issues:
•Enormous storage energy (~400 MJ) due to very low driver (laser) efficiency
•Even with stand-off , reactor wall and first optics “see” primary fusion products
•Intricate and minute target with sub-nsec timing make for challenging technologies
9. The BR form of the L-W diagram. Ignition curves for different product BR.
When the BR parameter exceeds the threshold value, the dT/dt > 0 region extends to infinitely small R and ignition becomes possible at any R.
Lindl-Widner Diagram with Magnetic Field
Confinement Of the Fusion Alphas
FDR
10. Magneto-Inertial Fusion
Two Approaches
Shell (liner) implosion driven by B from large axial currents in shell.
MTF Issues:
•Extremely low inductance load difficult to drive (massively parallel HV caps and switches)
•Close proximity and electrical contact major collateral damage with each pulse
•Small FRC must be formed close to implosion marginal B for ignition w injector destruction
•Only inefficient 2D compression possible requires much larger driver energy
Liner implosion from jB force between external coil and induced liner currents
FDR Advantages:
•Large driver coil easy to power with ample standoff
•Driver electrically isolated from liner and magnetically from fusion process
•Large FRC can be formed external to implosion with abundant B for ignition
•Full 3D compression can be realized for efficient compression and translation
FRC
plasmoid
11. FRC equilibrium constraints and the diagnostic measurements that together with the
equilibrium relations that are employed to determine the basic parameters of the
FRC equilibrium
Field Reversed Configuration (FRC)
Magnetic Field lines and Pressure Contours
R
rs
Ls
rc
Be
Bvac
r
z
Key
Equilibrium
Relations: 0
2
ext
0 0 2
B
P n kT
Radial Pressure Balance
Simple cross-tube interferometric
measurement with rs from yields n and T
2
xs
2
1
1
Axial Pressure Balance
With above obtain plasma energy,
Inventory, confinement times
2
s
vac
ext
1 x
B
B
Flux Conservation
External measurements of B yield
FRC separatrix radius rs(z), FRC length Ls
volume, position, velocity
s
s
c
s
s
r
L
r
r
x
2
SOL
12. The energy within the FRC separatrix at peak compression is dominated
by plasma energy that is in pressure balance with the edge magnetic field
B0, so that one can write:
(1)
The zero subscript indicates values at peak compression where rs ~ r0 and
magnetic pressure balance (2n0kT0= B0
2 /20).
Fusion energy produced in the FRC during the liner’s dwell time tD at peak
compression:
(2)
where n0 and T0 are the peak density and temperature, and where the liner
shell dwell time at peak compression, tD, ~ 2r0/vL
3
0
0
2
3 0
0 0 0
2
L L L r
B
r
3
4
M v 3n k T
2
1
E
t
L
4
2 0
0
2
0
42
D
3
0
2
0
12
fus v
r
r 1.1 10 n T
3
4
E 1.2 10 n v
Fusion Based on Inductively Driven
Liner Compression of the FRC
13. The usual approximation for the D-T fusion cross section in this temperature
range: 1.1x10-31 T2(eV) was also assumed. Pressure balance,
together with expressions (1) and (2) yields for the fusion gain:
(3)
where l0 (= 2r0) is the length of the FRC at peak compression. The last
expression is obtained from adiabatic scaling laws
(4)
to express G in terms of the liner kinetic energy EL and mass ML only.
Fusion Ignition will amplify gain by large factor. It is estimated that the total
fusion gain GF ~ 5-10G. For a large margin of safety, it is assumed that:
GF = 2.5G or,
GF = 1.110-7 ML
1/2 EL
11/8
11/ 8
L
1/ 2
L
8
0
0
3 L
L
fus B 4.3x10 M E
l
M
1.73 10
E
E
G
1/ 5
0
2/ 5
0 0
4 / 5
0 0
2
0
2
EL ~ B0 r l ~ B and l ~ r ~ B
Fusion Based on Inductively Driven Liner
Compression of the FRC (cont.)
14. • The material properties relating to this resistive heating (electrical
conductivity, melting point, heat capacity, etc.) can be characterized
by a parameter gM defined by the “current integral”:
I - current flowing through the material cross-sectional area
A = wδ, where w is the liner width and δ is the liner thickness.
• The driving force is simply the magnetic pressure (B2/2μ0) applied
over the surface area of the metal facing the coil when in close
proximity to the driving coil.
• The current can be related to the force through Ampere’s law which
can be reasonably approximated as B = μ0I/w.
One finds for the maximum velocity for a given shell thickness δ:
2
M
t
0
2 I dt g A m
v (m/ s) 1.6x10 (mm) Lithium
v (m/ s) 2.5x10 (mm) Aluminum 6061
Li
4
m
Al
4
m
Material Constraints with Inductively
Accelerated Liners
15. 30-Day Mission to Mars Objective: Fastest possible mission Advantages:
Lowest cost, risk
Minimum radiation exposure
Both missions have ability for direct abort and return
90-Day Mission to Mars Objective: High Mass Fraction Advantages:
No precursor cargo missions needed
Long or short stay time
From the initial analysis of the FDR mass, Isp and power generation, two missions were selected for further study
Mission Parameters with The Fusion Driven Rocket (FDR)
Parameter*
90 day
30 day
Jet Power (MW)
2.6
33
Solar Power (kW)
27
350
Isp (sec)
5,140
5,140
Specific Mass (kg/kW)
4.3
0.38
Initial Mass (mT)
90
153
Payload Mass Fraction
65%
36%
*Assumes FDR operation with fusion ignition gain of 200
III. Mission Studies
16. Analytical Model
(Fusion Side)
For known
Liner Mass
a
Specific Impulse
is determined
Isp links fusion conditions with mission equations
50 100 150 200 250 300 350
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
Fusion Gain
Isp (s)
0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Liner Mass (kg)
Fusion Gain
Min. ML required to
trap fusion products:
0.28 kg
0
1/ 2
k L
sp
k T out ion L
12 7.63
out
L
4
L
2
2 L L
1
in L
11/ 8
L
1/ 2
L
7
F
out F in
g
2 E M
I
E E e M
E 5.7 10 M
v 2.0 10 M
E E M v
G 1.1 10 M E
E G E
I specific impulse
E kinetic (Jet) energy
thrust efficiency 0.9
E /E 0.5
v velocity of Liner
M mass of liner
E E E E
E liner kinetic energy
E fusion energy E
sp
k
T
C L cap
L
L
in L FRC L
L
out in
From action Integral
constraint where RL=
1.2 m, w = 0.15m
Energy loss in
ionization of liner
(~75 MJ/kg)
17. It is assumed that initially FDR employs solar panels for house keeping power
Eventually it would be derived directly from nozzle flux compression
Analytical Model
(Mission side)
f
P
E
0.1MPL
E P
M
M M f T
M M M M
M M M
M
M
MR
MR e
SEP
in
SEP
SEP
cap
in
s
P L
i PL S P
f PL S
f
i
I g
V
sp 0
a
a
Rocket Equations
7 Equations
7 Unknowns
Isp from fusion conditions
Delta V requirement as a function of
trip time: Solution to Lambert
Problem
P Solar panel power
Specific mass of solar panels
Specific mass of capacitors
f Frequency
M Structuralmass
M Pr opellant mass
M Initialmass
M Finalmass
MR Mass Ratio
SEP
SEP
cap
s
P
i
f
a
a
18. Longer Trip times allow for higher
payload mass fraction
Larger Fusion Gains result in higher
payload mass fraction
Fusions Assumption:
• Ionization cost is 75 MJ/kg
• Coupling Efficiency to liner is 50%
• Thrust conversation t ~ 90%
• Realistic liner mass are 0.28 kg to 0.41 kg
• Corresponds to a Gain of 50 to 500
• Ignition Factor of 5
• Safety margin of 2: GF =GF(calc.)/2
Mission Assumptions:
• Mass of Payload= 61 mT
• Habitat 31 mT
• Aeroshell 16 mT
• Descent System 14 mT
• Specific Mass of capacitors ~ 1 J/kg
• Specific Mass of Solar Electric Panels 200 W/kg
• Tankage fraction of 10% (tanks, structure,
radiator, etc.)
• Payload mass fraction =Play load Mass
• System Specific Mass = Dry Mass/SEP (kg/kW)
• Analysis for single transit optimal transit to Mars
• Full propulsive braking for Mar Capture - no
aerobraking
Trip Time (Days)
Fusion Gain
20 40 60 80 100 120
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Paylod Mass Fraction
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
Effect of FDR Fusion Gain
On Key Mission Parameters
DRM 3.0
19. FDR Mission Parameters
• Solar Power requirement runs from modest - 25
kW (90 day) to moderate - 320 kW (30 day).
• Specific mass is appropriate for each mission at
GF = 200.
• Pulse rate is low for both missions. times raging
from 14 s (30 day) to 3 min. (90 day). Provides
adequate time for recovery and reload.
20. 90-Day Mission to Mars (ΔV = 13.5 km/s) 30-Day Mission to Mars (ΔV = 40.9 km/s)
50 100 150 200 250 300 350
10
0
10
1
10
2
10
3
10
4
Mass (mT)
Fusion Gain
Initial Mass
Payload Mass
Propellant Mass
Structure Mass
Solarpanel Mass
Capacitor Mass
Mission Mass Parameters
Take all supplies in one trip
Simplified mission architectures
No precursor cargo missions needed
Vastly reduced mission cost
Single launch possibilities
Lower risk
Minimum radiation exposure
Apollo type mission architecture
Key to routine Martian visitation
Develops propulsion technology
needed for Outer
21. Finite continuous burn
Trip Time
Delta V (km/s)
(Days)
Segment 1
Segment 2
Total
90
13.7
15.2
28.9
30
47.3
50.5
97.9
Impulse Burn
Trip Time
Delta V (km/s)
(Days)
Segment 1
Segment 2
Total
90
13.7
15.2
28.9
30
47.3
50.5
97.9
COPERNICUS
Finite Burn with Sub Optimal Control
Copernicus will be now be employed for full mission architecture, OCT analysis, and parametric trade studies
90-Day Mission
30-Day Mission
SUN
Mars Orbit
Earth Orbit
22. CAD drawing of the proposed 3D liner compression experiment.
The elements labeled in black are part of the existing equipment at MSNW and the UW.
All power supplies and capacitors required are also available (FRC formation – MSNW, liner compression – UW).
Parts labeled in red will need to be fabricated.
HV Cables
Turbo Pump
Collector & Feedplate
Driver Coils
FRC Formation Coils
Fused Silica Vacuum Chambers
Design of the FDR Breakeven Proof of Concept Experiment
IV. Plans for FDR development to TRL 5
23. Glass-lined G-10 end flange
Kapton encapsulated Aluminum flux shapers
High strength Al driver coil
40 cm diam. fused silica vacuum tube
80 cm diam. fused silica vacuum tube
Epoxy encapsulated Aluminum coils
Collector/ feedplate
25 kV cables from capacitor banks
Flux Breaks (6)
Black labels indicate existing equipment with red indicating equipment to be fabricated.
Cutaway of FDR Validation Liner Compression Experiment
24. PHD experiment with some of the 1.75 MJ, 25 kV capacitor modules shown in the foreground.
PHD Experiment at the UW Plasma Dynamics Laboratory
More than sufficient bank energy for G~1 experiment
Equipment becomes available in July 2012
25. •Final FRC parameters yield a fusion gain G = 1.6 (ML=0.18 kg Al)
Anticipated Parameters from FDR Validation Experiment
FRC adiabatic scaling laws
Initial FRC size, temp density and energy same as past FRC’s
FRC lifetime >> tdwell ~ 4
Final field similar to that achieved in several flux compression expts.
Sub MJ FRC Requires only 33% bank eff.
In experiment, FRC radial and axial compressions would occur simultaneously
26. 100 80 60 40 20 0 20 40 60 80 100
40
30
20
10
0
0
4
8
12
16
T (μs)
R
(cm)
Z (cm)
2D Resistive MHD Calculation of the
Formation and Merging of FRCs Inside the
Converging Liners
Code geometry and fields are
identical to that employed in the
experimental design.
Target FRC parameters that are
realized match closely those
desired for liner compression
Formation time is short (< 20
μsec) justifiying FRC injection
late in the liner implosion
FRC lifetime scaling more than
sufficient for expected 80-100
μsec left to peak implosion
27. T = 0 μs
T = 40 μs
T = 80 μs
T = 120 μs
T = 160 μs
T = 195 μs
Three 0.4 m radius, 5 cm wide, 0.2 mm thick Aluminum liners converging onto a stationary test target.
The scale of the ellipsoid target (13.5 cm) is that anticipated for the final FRC compressed to over 1 megabar (1011 Pa) energy density
Aluminum rings quickly yield to the pressure equivalent of a 7 T magnetic field (~ 6 Mpa).
A high order buckling is observed later during implosion but does not inhibit convergence where vL ~ 2.4 km/sec
ANSYS Multiphysics® 3D Calculations of the Convergent Implosion of three Al Liners
Liner behavior very close to ideal 1D approx. assumed in analysis
28. •Solution for a 0.4 m radius coil driving a 6 cm wide, 0.2 mm thick Al liner.
•The circuit was based on the capacitor bank currently available at the UW Plasma Dynamics Laboratory.
•The spatial forces on the liner at various times and radii are calculated and used as input into the dynamic calculation similar to the one shown above.
•Mutual interaction between coils and liners will also be investigated.
ANSYS Maxwell® Calculations of the 3D Electromagnetic Fields
R
B (T)
8 4 0
29. Theoretical Validation of Key FDR Elements (peer reviewed papers)
Fusion Based on the Inductively-Driven Lithium Liner Compression of an FRC Plasmoid John Slough, David Kirtley, Anthony Pancotti, Christopher Pihl, George Votroubek (Submitted to Journal of Fusion Energy 2012)
Importance of 3D compression
Superiority of high FRC target
Magnetic field limits thermal and particle loss - even with (cold) wall confinement and > 1
Ignition possible with magnetized plasma where R <<1 but BR > 60 T-cm.
Magnetic field well within range of larger FRCs.
Method for producing 3D liner implosions with stand-off
Generation of FRC plasma target with sufficient magnetization and confinement for ignition
Method for efficient conversion of plasma, radiation, and fusion energy in a manner that protects and magnetically isolates reactor
30. Experimental Validation of Key FDR Elements (peer reviewed papers)
•Demonstrated inductively driven liner compression of Bz fields > 1 Mbar
•Demonstrated the stable formation, merging and magnetic compression of the FRC
•FRC lifetime better than previous scaling
•Demonstrated successful FRC liner compression with a xenon plasma liner
Experimental demonstration of fusion gain with inductively driven metal liners
Hope to publish in the near future!