Toroidal Plasma Generation
Major
Physics
Submission Type
Poster
Area of Study or Work
Physics
Expected Graduation Date
2024
Location
CNS Atrium, Easel 28
Start Date
4-15-2023 10:30 AM
End Date
4-15-2023 11:45 AM
Abstract
The goal of this project is to develop a plasma ignition system as well as a means of shaping that plasma into a toroidal confinement, where it will not directly contact any electrode surfaces. Our system will be driven by a high-current electrical oscillator, such that the resulting fields will both sustain the ionization of the gas and also parametrically shape it. System design requires attention to high-power electrical circuits, thermal conduction and heat capacity and, of course, the high-energy physics relevant to the ionized plasma.
Toroidal Plasma Generation
CNS Atrium, Easel 28
The goal of this project is to develop a plasma ignition system as well as a means of shaping that plasma into a toroidal confinement, where it will not directly contact any electrode surfaces. Our system will be driven by a high-current electrical oscillator, such that the resulting fields will both sustain the ionization of the gas and also parametrically shape it. System design requires attention to high-power electrical circuits, thermal conduction and heat capacity and, of course, the high-energy physics relevant to the ionized plasma.