In this space, visitors are invited to post any comments, questions, or skeptical observations about Philo T. Farnsworth's contributions to the field of Nuclear Fusion research.Subject: Re: Cylindrical IEC
Date: Jan 07, 1:07 pm
Poster: Jim LuxOn Jan 07, 1:07 pm, Jim Lux wrote:
>To call the U of I device a "cylindrical" IEC device is somewhat misleading. I prefer to call it an axial-cylindrical IEC device because
>there are a number of cylindrical hollow ring
>electrodes that are spaced axially apart and
>biased at different voltages. It is thought
>that the primary direction of particle acceleration is axial, not radial.
So this looks like (although works very differently?) from the Gow/Ruby scheme with the surrounding magnets in that the deuterons are accelerated down the axis of the tube.