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Why 'polywell'?
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:56 pm
by JohnP
Why do they call it a 'polywell' when there's only one well?
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:45 pm
by Grant Castillou
This is from the Polywell entry at Wikipedia:
The name Polywell is a portmanteau of "polyhedron" and "potential well." The magnetic field is produced by a polyhedral arrangement of coils...
Grant
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:58 pm
by windmill
"Poly" refers to polyhedral, as in the geometric configuration of the B field coils.
The quasi-spherical negative potential well is formed by the combined fields of the individual coils, hence: "polywell".
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:51 am
by wisnij
Perhaps if the polywell design is successfully developed into a full power-generating system, we should refer to such devices as "bussards".
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:10 pm
by MSimon
I'm calling it the Bussard Reactor.