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Current Trends in International Fusion Research Current Trends in International Fusion Research Edited by Emilio Panarella Advaneed Laser and Fusion Teehnology, Ine. Huli, P.Q., Canada; and University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee Springer Science+Business Media, LLC Llbrary of Congress Cataloglng-In-Publlcatlon Data Current trend8 In International fuslon research I edlted by Elllll0 Panare lla. p. CII. "Proceedlngs of the 18t SYllposlum on Current Trands In InternatIonal Fuslon Research: Revlew and Assessllant. a conference organlzed under the ausplces of the Global Foundatlon, Inc., held Novuber 14-18, 1994. In HUhlngton, O.C., 1I.8.A."--Ack.p. Includes blbllographlcal references and Index. ISBN 978-1-4613-7690-3 ISBN 978-1-4615-5867-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-5867-5 1. Nuclear fuslon--Congresses. 2. Pellet fuslon--Congresses. 1. Panarella, EIIII10. II. Sy.poslui on Current.Trends In International Fuslon Research: Revlew and Assess.ant (lst : 1994 WashIngton, D.C.1 aC790.95.C87 1997 539.7'64--dc21 97-11196 CIP Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Evaluation of Current Trends in Fusion Research, held November 14-18, 1994, in Washington, D.C. ISBN 978-1-4613-7690-3 © 1997 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1997 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1s t edition 1997 http://www.plenum.com 10987654321 AII rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored In a retrieval system, or transmltted In any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, mlcrofllming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher 1st SYMPOSIUM ON CURRENT TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL FUSION RESEARCH Review and Assessment INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Bruno Coppi Department of Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Rm.26-217 Cambridge, MA 02139 George H. Miley 216 Nuclear Engineering Laboratory University of Illinois 103 S. Goodwin Avenue Urbana, IL 61801 Hans Persson Fusion Plasma Physics Alfven Laboratory Royal Institute of Technology S-100 44 Stockholm Sweden Richard F. Post Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory P.O. Box 808, L-644 Livermore, CA 94550 Shenggang Liu The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Chegdu, Sichuan Province, 610054 People's Republic of China v vi Proceedings Committee R.N. Sudan Laboratory for Plasma Studies Cornell University 369 Upson Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Edward Teller Herbert Hoover Memorial Bldg. Room 208 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 Guillermo Velarde Instituto de Fusion Nuclear Universidad Politecnica de Madrid Jose Guitierrez Abascal, 2 Madrid 28006 Spain Chiyoe Yamanaka Institute for Laser Technology Yamadaoka 2-6 Suita, Osaka 565 Japan Masaji Yoshikawa Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute 2-2, Uchisaiwaicho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100 Japan STEERING COMMITTEE Francesco Giammanco Department of Physics University of Pis a 56100 Pisa Italy Julio Herrera Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Circuito Exterior C.U. A.P.70-543 04510 Mexico DF Mexico Proceedings Committee vII Ron Kirkpatrick MSB229 Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87544 Behram Kursunoglu Global Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 249055 Coral Gables, FL 33124-9055 Vincenzo Molinari Department of Nuclear Engineering University of Bologna Via dei Colli, 16 40136 Bologna Italy Sadao Nakai Institute of Laser Engineering Osaka University 2-6 Yamada-oka Suita Osaka, 565 Japan Emilio Panarella Advanced Laser and Fusion Technology, Inc. 189 Deveault St., Unit No.7 Hull, P.Q., J8Z IS7 Canada, and Department of Electrical Engineering University of Tenneessee Ferris Hall Knoxville, TN 37996-2100 Francesco Pegoraro Dipartimento di Fisica Universita di Torino 10125 Torino Italy Hatlz-Ur Rahman Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics University of California Riverside, CA 92521-0412 Norman Rostoker Department of Physics University of California Irvine, CA 92697-4575 viii Proteedlngs Committee J. Reece Roth Department of Electrical Engineering The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-2100 Nikos A. Salingaros Division of Mathematics The University of Texas San Antonio, TX 78249-0664 Y. Chia Thio Massey University at Albany Mathematics Department Private Bag 102-904 North Shore MSC, Auckland New Zealand Moreno Vaselli Scientific Attache Embassy of Italy Uliza Jesnina, 5 121002 Moscow Russia PANEL OF EVALUATORS Edward C. Creutz P.O. Box 2757 Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 Arthur R. Kantrowitz 4 Downing Road Hanover, NH 03755 Joseph E. Lannutti 515 Keen Building Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-3016 Hans J. Schneider-Muntau National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-4005 Glenn T. Seaborg Bldg. 70/A Rm. 3307 Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory I Cyclotron Road Berkeley, CA 94720 Proceedings Committee ix Frederick Seitz The Rockfeller University 1230 York Ave. New York, NY 10021-6399 William B. Thompson Department of Physics University of California at San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Symposium Organizers gratefully acknowledge the financial contribution from the Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka, Japan. xl CONTENTS 1. Opening Remarks ................................................. . Emilio Panarella, Chairman of the Steering Committee SECTION I 2. Controlled Fusion, Soon! 5 Edward Teller Magnetic Confinement 3. Comments on the Feasibility of Achieving Scientific Break-Even with a Plasma Focus Machine ............................................... 11 J. S. Brzosko, J. H. Degnan, N. V. Filippov, B. L. Freeman, G. F. Kiutiu, and J. W. Mather 4. Self-Colliding Beams as an Altemative Fusion System for D-He3 Reactors 33 Norman Rostoker and Michl Binderbauer Inertial Confinement S. Target Physics for Inertial Fusion Energy ............................... 43 J. M. Martinez-Val, G. Velarde, and S. Eliezer 6. Spherical Pinch Research: Historical Background, Achievements, and Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 F. Giammanco, E. Panarella, N. Salingaros, D. P. Singh, and M. Vaselli SECTION II 7. Perspectives of Advanced Confinement Programs 119 Bruno Coppi
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