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Book Synopsis1. Opening Remarks.- Section I.- 2. Controlled Fusion, Soon!.- Magnetic Confinement.- 3. Comments on the Feasibility of Achieving Scientific Break-Even with a Plasma Focus Machine.- 4. Self-Colliding Beams as an Alternative Fusion System for D-He3 Reactors.- Inertial Confinement.- 5. Target Physics for Inertial Fusion Energy.- 6. Spherical Pinch Research: Historical Background, Achievements, and Projections.- Section II.- 7. Perspectives of Advanced Confinement Programs.- Magnetic Confinement.- 8. Present Status of Field-Reversed Configurations.- 9. Ignition Physics and the Ignitor Project.- Other Confinement.- 10. The Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Approach to Fusion Power.- 11. The D-3He Dipole Fusion Reactor.- 12. Open-Ended Magnetic Confinement Systems for Fusion.- 13. Formation, Compression, and Acceleration of Magnetized Plasmas.- 14. Prospects of Magnetic Electrostatic Plasma Confinement.- Tutorial Talk.- 15. Analysis of the Fusion Breakeven Conditions for D-T Plasmas of Prescribed Temperature Evolution.- Section III.- 16. Progress in Inertial Fusion Research.- Inertial Confinement.- 17. Heavy-Ion Driven Inertial Fusion Energy.- 18. X-Ray Driven Implosions on the Nova Laser.- 19. Present Status and Future Prospects of Laser Fusion Research at Osaka.- 20. Magnetized Target Fusion: An Overview of the Concept.- 21. Thermonuclear Fusion in a Staged Pinch.- 22. Novel Staged Z-Pinch Concept as Super Radiant X-Ray Source for ICF.- Section IV.- 23. Fusion, the Competition, and the Prospects for Alternative Fusion Concepts.- Magnetic Confinement.- 24. Ideas for Future RFP Experiments.- 25.Dense Z-Pinches for Fusion.- 26. Assessment of Field-Reversed-Configuration Stability.- Other.- 27. Muon-Catalyzed Fusion in 1996.- 28. Experimental Investigation of Muon-Catalyzed Fusion in Mixtures of Hydrogen Isotopes.- 29. Magnetoelectric Toroidal Confinement.- 30. Ball Lightning: What Nature Is Trying to Tell the Fusion Community.- 31. Fusion Implications of Free-Floating Plasmak Magnetoplasmoids.- Section V.- 32. Alternate Fusion Concepts.- Inertial Confinement.- 33. Inertial Fusion Driven by Intense Cluster Ion Beams.- 34. Inertial Fusion Energy: An Approach to Low Maintenance and Cost of Electricity, and the Role of the National Ignition Facility Testing the Target Physics.- 35. Magnetized Target Fusion: An Ultrahigh Energy Approach in an Unexplored Parameter Space.- Section VI.- 36. Concluding Remarks.- Section VII.- 37. Report of the Evaluators.- 38. Biographies of Evaluators.- Participants.
Table of ContentsSection I: Controlled Fusion: Soon! (E. Teller). Comments on the Feasibility of Achieving Scientific Breakeven with a Plasma Focus Machine (J.S. Brzosko et al.). SelfColliding Beams as an Alternative Fusion System for DHe3 Reactors (N. Rostoker, M. Binderbauer). Target Physics for Inertial Fusion Energy (J.M. MartinezVal et al.). Spherical Pinch Research: Historical Background, Achievements, and Projections (F. Giammanco et al.). Section II: Perspectives of Advanced Confinement Programs (B. Coppi). Present Status of FieldReversed Configurations (J. Slough). Ignition Physics and the Ignitor Project (F. Pegoraro). The Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Approach to Fusion Power (G.H. Miley). The D3He Dipole Fusion Reactor (M.E. Mauel). OpenEnded Magnetic Confinement Systems for Fusion (R.F. Post, D.D. Ryutov). Formation, Compression, and Acceleration of Magnetized Plasmas (J.H. Degnan). Prospects of Magnetic Electrostatic Plasma Confinement (T.J. Dolan). Analysis of the Fusion Breakeven Conditions for DT Plasmas of Prescribed Temperature Evolution (E. Panarella). Section III: Progress in Inertial Fusion Research (C. Yamanaka). HeavyIon Driven Inertial Fusion Energy (R.O. Bangerter, T.J. Fessenden). XRay Driven Implosions on the Nova Laser (J.D. Kilkenny et al.). Present Status and Future Prospects of Laser Fusion Research at Osaka (C. Yamanaka). Magnetized Target Fusion: An Overview of the Concept (R.C. Kirkpatrick, M.A. Sweeney). Thermonuclear Fusion in a Staged Pinch (H.U. Rahman et al.). Novel Staged ZPinch Concept as a Super Radiant XRay Source for ICF (V.M. Bystritskii et al.). Section IV: Fusion, the Competition, and the Prospects for Alternative Fusion Concepts (L.J. Perkins et al.). Ideas for Future RFP Experiments (J.A. Phillips et al.). Dense ZPinches for Fusion (D. Scudder, J. Shlachter). Assessment of FieldReversedConfiguration Stability (R.E. Siemon). MuonCatalyzed Fusion in 1996 (S.E. Jones). Experimental Investigation of the Muon Catalyzed Fusion in Mixtures of Hydrogen Isotopes (V.M. Bystritsky). Magnetoelectric Toroidal Confinement (J.R. Roth). Ball Lightning: What Nature is Trying to Tell the Fusion Community (J.R. Roth). Fusion Implications of FreeFloating Plasmak® Magnetoplasmoids (P.M. Koloc). Section V: Alternate Fusion Concepts (N. Rostoker). Inertial Fusion Driven by Intense Cluster Ion Beams (C. Deutsch). Inertial Fusion Energy: An Approach to Low Maintenance and Cost of Electricity, and the Role of the National Ignition Facility Testing the Target Physics (B.G. Logan). Magnetized Target Fusion: An Ultrahigh Energy Approach in an Unexplored Parameter Space (R.C. Kirkpatrick et al.). Section VI: Concluding Remarks (E. Panarella). Section VII: Report of the Evaluators (E.C. Creutz et al.). Index.
