Project Sherwood: The U.S. Program in Controlled Fusion

achieved approach atom axial magnetic field beam Berkeley bremsstrahlung California Radiation Laboratory Chapter charged particles coils collisions compression concept confining field controlled fusion controlled thermonuclear cylinder density deuterium deuterons device difficulty diffusion discharge chamber discharge tube divertor electric electron volts electrons energy experimental models experiments fission full-scale fusion reactions gauss high temperatures high-energy hot plasma increase injected instability interdiffusion ion source ionized J. L. Tuck kink LASL lines of force Livermore Los Alamos M-theory magnetic field lines magnetic field strength magnetic mirror magnetic pumping methods of plasma million degrees molecular ion neutral neutrons nuclear nucleus Oak Ridge operation ORNL plasma confinement plasma diagnostics plasma particles plasma temperatures possible Princeton problem produced protons pulsed rapidly result rotating plasmas Sherwood effort Sherwood program shock shown in Fig Spitzer stability thermonuclear reactions thermonuclear temperatures tion toroid trapped tritium UCRL UCRL/L voltage walls