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Thermonuclear fusion in a multicascade liner staged pinch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2002

ZAHOOR AHMAD ,
ARSHAD M. MIRZA ,
N.A.D. KHATTAK  and
G. MURTAZA
ZAHOOR AHMAD
Affiliation:
Permanent Address: Department of Physics, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan.
ARSHAD M. MIRZA
Affiliation:
Permanent Address: Department of Physics, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan.
N.A.D. KHATTAK
Affiliation:
Permanent Address: Department of Physics, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan.
G. MURTAZA
Affiliation:
Govt. College, Lahore, Pakistan
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Abstract

A theoretical model for a multicascade liner system is proposed with a view to reduce the growth rate of Rayleigh-Taylor (R-T) instability and to calculate the fusion parameters of a dense θ-pinch plasma. The dynamics of such plasma has been described using the modified snow-plow model for sinusoidal and t1/3 types of discharge current profiles. Numerical results demonstrate that the thermonuclear fusion parameters can be achieved for a dense θ-pinch deuterium-tritium (D-T) fiber plasma for an optimum choice of shell thickness. The relevance of this kind of study is possible use of gas-liner and staged pinches as an alternative source of thermonuclear fusion.

Keywords

Multicascade systemThermonuclear fusion
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , October 2001 , pp. 657 - 663
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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