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As to the question about the project status: The vacuum system has been changed from a diffusion pump to a turbo pump. The vacuum chamber has been completely cleaned and most seals are now copper. A 6" Conflat extension has been added to the vacuum chamber which will house a small Farnsworth Fusor a...

From our experience with Hirsch-Farnsworth Fusors we do not expect sharp corners to give a lot of problems with respect to electric discharges at the expected working pressures < 1e-3 mbar (although we are familiar with the discharges to the walls Bussard encountered). Crossing the field lines might...

Thanks for the interest in our project! While we work to recreate a Polywell our main motivation is in the engineering challenges in doing so. We are just two engineering students working on it in our free time and we do not have any funding (except for the donations and loans of some equipment). Wi...