Check it OUT! Fusion Family Tree...

[mattman]

Hey Guys,


Are there things you would add to this? Changes you would make?

[hanelyp]

A Penning trap uses both electric and magnetic fields.

I believe the Riggatron is a variant on the Tokomak.

[TDPerk]

Sonoluminesence supposedly produces copious neutrons from H2 bubbles, but far too few for possible net gain.

Although I don't know if anyone has tried the right, or any, liquid metal mediums.

What are the reflective--neutron and otherwise--properties of melted berylium?

[Ivy Matt]

Focus Fusion (or the plasma focus/dense plasma focus device) is a development of the Z-pinch, I believe.

[mattman]

Anything else?

[KitemanSA]

Where would Migma be on that tree?

[hanelyp]

As I understand Migma it's related to Penning Trap.

[KitemanSA]

As I understand Migma it's related to Penning Trap.

Really? I thought it was more like a cylindrical Polywell.

[TheRadicalModerate]

You need the whole magnetized target fusion family:

MagLIF (Z-pinch liner implosion plus laser pre-heating of target in an axial B-field)

General Fusion (colliding spheromaks+delightful steampunk--a variant of LINUS)

Helion (colliding FRCs with liner implosion)

Slough's fusion-driven rocket (single FRC with liner implosion)


BTW, I wouldn't put spheromaks over in the "rings" category, which I'd rename something like "toroidal MCF". A spheromak's a compact torus (as is an FRC). But I would add the spherical tokamak (cf. MAST) over there.

You need to add fast ignition to the ICF node. You probably need heavy ion fusion over there, too.

I guess you could put levitated dipole (LDX) under "toroidal MCF" (although it's inside-out!).

And where are you going to put muon-catalyzed fusion?

[mattman]

I Just saw this, I will see what I can do to add all that and get back to you.

[Torulf2]

FRC as a ring