Open AccessStatus report on mirror alternatives
Author(s) -
W. C. Condit,
T.K. Fowler,
R.F. Post
Publication year - 1976
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4085509
Subject(s) - magnetic mirror , context (archaeology) , computer science , physics , nuclear engineering , engineering , nuclear physics , plasma , geography , archaeology
The present status of studies at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLL) directed toward exploring variants on the basic magnetic mirror confinement concept is described. These studies have emphasized those ideas that could lead most directly to improvements in the scientific and economic viability of fusion reactors based on the mirror concept, within the general context of the extensive body of specialized physics and technology that has been developed in the course of the Mirror Program. (auth