# Findings: AFRL FRCHX Plasma Lifetime 2011 **Source PDF:** `AFRL_FRCHX_Plasma_Lifetime_2011.pdf` **Date range:** 1976-2013 **Source org:** LANL ## Summary This 2011 report by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) investigates the trapped-flux lifetime of plasma in the Field-Reversed Configuration Heating Experiment (FRCHX). Researchers found that current plasma lifetimes are significantly shorter than the duration required for successful compress

# Findings: AFRL FRCHX Plasma Lifetime 2011 **Source PDF:** `AFRL_FRCHX_Plasma_Lifetime_2011.pdf` **Date range:** 1976-2013 **Source org:** LANL ## Summary This 2011 report by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) investigates the trapped-flux lifetime of plasma in the Field-Reversed Configuration Heating Experiment (FRCHX). Researchers found that current plasma lifetimes are significantly shorter than the duration required for successful compress

# Findings: AFRL FRCHX Plasma Lifetime 2011 **Source PDF:** `AFRL_FRCHX_Plasma_Lifetime_2011.pdf` **Date range:** 1976-2013 **Source org:** LANL ## Summary This 2011 report by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) investigates the trapped-flux lifetime of plasma in the Field-Reversed Configuration Heating Experiment (FRCHX). Researchers found that current plasma lifetimes are significantly shorter than the duration required for successful compress

# Findings: AFRL LANL FRCHX 2016 **Source PDF:** `AFRL_LANL_FRCHX_2016.pdf` **Date range:** 1981-2022 **Source org:** LANL ## Summary This programmatic analysis investigates the 2014-2016 closeout of the Field-Reversed Configuration Heating Experiment (FRCHX), a joint initiative by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory. The report concludes with high confidence that the technology was not terminated but successfully transitioned to a classified program at Lockh

# Findings: AFRL LANL FRCHX 2016 **Source PDF:** `AFRL_LANL_FRCHX_2016.pdf` **Date range:** 1981-2022 **Source org:** LANL ## Summary This programmatic analysis investigates the 2014-2016 closeout of the Field-Reversed Configuration Heating Experiment (FRCHX), a joint initiative by the Air Force Research Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory. The report concludes with high confidence that the technology was not terminated but successfully transitioned to a classified program at Lockh

# Findings: LANL Magnetized Target Fusion 1996 **Source PDF:** `LANL_Magnetized_Target_Fusion_1996.pdf` **Date range:** 1979-1996 **Source org:** LANL ## Summary Produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1996, this report details computational and experimental research into Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF), an approach intermediate between magnetic and inertial confinement. The study evaluates candidate target plasmas, specifically the Russian-originated 'MAGO' scheme and deuterium-fiber-i

# Findings: Wurden Fusion Rocket Planetary Defense 2016 **Source PDF:** `Wurden_Fusion_Rocket_Planetary_Defense_2016.pdf` **Date range:** 1955-2018 **Source org:** LANL ## Summary This 2016 paper by researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and other institutions advocates for the development of fusion rocket engines as a critical tool for planetary defense against incoming comets. The authors argue that only fusion propulsion offers the high specific power and exhaust velocities requi

# Findings: Wurden Fusion Rocket Planetary Defense 2016 **Source PDF:** `Wurden_Fusion_Rocket_Planetary_Defense_2016.pdf` **Date range:** 1955-2018 **Source org:** LANL ## Summary This 2016 paper by researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory and other institutions advocates for the development of fusion rocket engines as a critical tool for planetary defense against incoming comets. The authors argue that only fusion propulsion offers the high specific power and exhaust velocities requi