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Ok, so instead of a fat donut it may look more like a skinny onion ring. I can live with that.

And it is replacing a zero dimensional well (point) with a less optimal one dimensional well, in exchange for less electron lost(?) and no need for mag grid->simpler. Is it a positive trade off?

I see a few problems with a toroidal configuration: - injecting electrons without a cooperative magnetic path. The better electron confinement is a double edged sword. - in a magnetic toroid charged particle want to spiral to one side unless the field has a twist. The tokomak does this with plasma ...

I have been thinking if it is possible to achieve mag confinement with a torus configuration(yes, the ugly torus!). Since polywell mag field can't completely stop electron from going out from the gaps. Maybe we can have a seamless mag field with torus: Imagine a conductive tube, if you pass current ...

OK, I've just concluded that the alpha's must come into contact with the positively charged plates and rob electrons of them to produce DC. Am I right?

Thanks for the replies people. I get the general picture now, since there is directional ion stream, there must be a current balancing it or charge will build up, right? But I'm still stuck at this little detail: DC current always have a closed circuit, a battery must provide and drain electron at t...

Actually Joe it is the gaps between the plates that slow the alphas down in the contemplated design. It would be a linear accelerator in reverse. This implies that the fusion products are collimated into a beam, doesn't it? wouldn't the path of alpha particle product be more random? As long as the ...