FRCHX
The Field-Reversed Configuration Heating Experiment, a joint AFRL/LANL experiment to demonstrate magnetized plasma compression for HEDLP/MTF studies. FRCHX faced FRC lifetime limitations (7-9 μs vs ~20 μs needed) and was closed out in 2014-2016.
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- → LANL MagnetizedTargetFusion 1994 (p. 2) — 1994 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL SNL ZMachine PuICE Waste 2012 (p. 2) — 2012 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL SNL ZMachine PuICE Waste 2012 (p. 3) — 2012 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL SNL ZMachine PuICE Waste 2012 (p. 4) — 2012 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
- → LANL SNL ZMachine PuICE Waste 2012 (p. 6) — 2012 — Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Timeline Mentions (8)
Project Sherwood established
The U.S. AEC's classified controlled-fusion program begins at LANL and partner labs.
Christofilos begins Astron experiment at LLNL
Greek engineer starts E-layer field reversal concept. Earliest compact torus conception. Presented at 1958 Geneva.
Christofilos Astron experiment at LLNL
The Astron experiment established the field-reversed configuration geometry that prefigured modern FRC research.
Harris MRT Paper Published
E. G. Harris publishes a classic paper on Magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor (MRT) instability, identifying a finite growth rate for thin shells even at zero wavenumber.
First Formal Documentation of FRC Topology
H.A.B. Bodin publishes a paper in Nuclear Fusion describing 'reversed field loops' within a theta-pinch, providing physical evidence of the FRC state.
Inertial-Confinement Flux-Trapping Model Proposed
T.S. Green and A.A. Newton propose that magnetic flux is lost via rapid convection at the radial Alfvén speed, a foundational theory for FRC formation.
LDRD Funding Established at LANL
The Laboratory-Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program is established to fund forefront science relevant to NNSA and DOE missions.
Discovery of FRC Anomalous Stability
Experiments at LANL discover that Field-Reversed Configurations (FRCs) are significantly more stable than predicted by MHD theory.