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Samuel K. Sia, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has developed an innovative strategy for an integrated microfluidic-based diagnostic device—in effect, a lab-on-a-chip—that can perform complex laboratory assays, and do so with such simplicity that these tests can be carried out in the most remote regions of the world. In a paper published in Nature Medicine online July 31 and in print Aug. 4, Sia presents the first published field results on how microfluidics—the manipulation of small amounts of fluids—and nanoparticles can be successfully leveraged to produce a functional low-cost diagnostic device in extreme resource-limited settings.
Sia and his team performed testing in Rwanda over the last four years in partnership with Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health and three local non-government organizations in Rwanda, targeting hundreds of patients. His device, known as mChip (mobile microfluidic chip), requires only a tiny finger prick of blood, effective even for a newborn, and gives—in less than 15 minutes—quantitative objective results that are not subject to user interpretation. This new technology significantly reduces the time between testing patients and treating them, providing medical workers in the field results that are much easier to read at a much lower cost. New low-cost diagnostics like the mChip (pictured below) could revolutionize medical care around the world.
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Theory and Experimental Program for p-B11 Fusion with the Dense Plasma Focus
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DOI: 10.1007/s10894-011-9385-4
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- Lerner, E.J., Krupakar Murali, S. & Haboub, A. J Fusion Energ (2011) 30: 367. doi:10.1007/s10894-011-9385-4
Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Inc. has initiated a 2-year-long experimental project to test the scientific feasibility of achieving controlled fusion using the dense plasma focus (DPF) device with hydrogen-boron (p-B11) fuel. The goals of the experiment are: first, to confirm the achievement of high ion and electron energies observed in previous experiments from 2001; second, to greatly increase the efficiency of energy transfer into the plasmoid where the fusion reactions take place; third, to achieve the high magnetic fields (>1 GG) needed for the quantum magnetic field effect, which will reduce cooling of the plasma by X-ray emission; and finally, to use p-B11 fuel to demonstrate net energy gain. The experiments are being conducted with a newly constructed dense plasma focus in Middlesex, NJ which is expected to generate peak currents in excess of 2 MA. Some preliminary results are reported.
KeywordsDense plasma focusQuantum magnetic field effectNuclear fusionAneutronic Fusion
Controlled nuclear fusion using hydrogen-Boron-11 (p-B11) fuel would constitute a transformative source of electricity with major advantages over any other known source of energy. No neutrons are produced in this reaction, p + B11 → 3 He4, and the released energy is carried only by charged particles. This makes possible the direct conversion of the kinetic energy of these charged particles into electricity without going through the inherently expensive process of using heat to produce steam to run a turbine and generator. It thus opens up the possibly of drastically reducing the cost of electricity generation [1–3].
While a secondary reaction, He4 + B11 → N14 + n, does produce neutrons, they carry only 0.2% of the fusion energy and are low-energy neutrons, which are easily shielded. Thus this fuel makes conceivable the design of a generator that produces insignificant amounts of induced radioactivity, and no radioactive waste. These characteristics give p-B11 very significant operational advantages over deuterium–tritium (DT) fuel.
However, p-B11 presents two major technical challenges that have discouraged funding and research. First, the reaction requires average ion energies above 100 keV, considerably higher than the 40 keV envisioned for DT fuel, and the requirement for plasma density-confinement time product (nτ) is also a factor of 45 times higher for net energy production. Second, the higher atomic charge of boron ions leads to the production of far greater amounts of X-ray energy than DT, and the emission of such X-ray energy cools the plasma, making plasma heating more difficult. We have taken steps to show how both of these technical challenges can be overcome using the DPF.
Dense Plasma Focus
The DPF is a compact and simple device first developed in the 1960s by N. V. Filippov in the USSR and by J. W. Mather in the USA and has been studied by dozens of groups over the last 45 years, resulting a large and rich literature. It consists of two concentric cylindrical electrodes enclosed in a vacuum chamber. The chamber is evacuated to low pressure and then backfilled to several torr with the fuel gas. A pulse of electricity with a rise time of 0.2–10 μs from a capacitor bank is discharged across the electrodes during operation [4]. In operation, the capacitors discharge in a several-microsecond pulse, the gas is ionized and a current sheath, consisting of pinched current filaments, forms and runs down the electrodes. When the sheath reaches the end of the inner electrode (the anode), the filaments pinch together, forming dense, magnetically-confined, hot spots or plasmoids [5, 6]. The plasmoids emit X-rays with energy from several keV to over 100 keV. X-ray pinhole images have demonstrated that the plasmoids are tiny, with radii of tens of microns or less [7–11]. The plasmoids have densities in the range of 1020–1021/cm3. These densities have been measured by a number of independent methods including heavy ion and secondary product fusion [12, 13], CO2 laser scattering [14], and X-ray line intensities [15]. These plasmoids emit intense beams of accelerated ions and electrons [16–19]. Fusion neutrons are emitted from the device in large quantities (up to 1013 per shot).
The role of the plasmoids in producing the fusion neutrons and the physical processes involved in their formation and maintenance has been hotly debated among DPF researchers for decades. The model that best fits all the existing data makes the role of the plasmoids central to neutron production. This model, initially developed by Bostick and Nardi [4], and confirmed by observations of several groups over three decades, was elaborated into a more quantitative theory by the present author [20–24]. In this model, the electron beam transfers part of its energy to the plasmoid electrons, which generate X-rays through collisions with nuclei. Through a plasma instability (probably ion-acoustic), the electrons then transfer part of their energy to the ions, with a typical delay (in our experiments) of ~10 ns. Ion collisions, generating fusion reactions and neutrons, then occur [24]. When the ion and electron beams have exhausted the magnetic energy that confines the plasmoid, and partially or wholly evacuated the particles in the plasmoid, the fusion reactions end.
The DPF routinely produces hard X-rays and gamma rays indicating the presence of bremsstrahlung radiation from high-energy electrons colliding with nuclei [21]. Together with independent evidence, this indicated that the hot spots contained ions and electrons at very high energies in the range of interest for advanced fuel fusion [6, 14, 15, 22–24].
The Bostick-Nardi model detailed in [4] describes the DPF as operating by exploiting a series of natural instabilities in the plasma, with each instability further concentrating the plasma and the magnetic field produced by the currents running through the plasma. In the past few decades, substantial advances have occurred in understanding the basic physics of such instabilities through experiments and observations of space plasma.
In the first instability, the current sheath moving through the plasma between electrodes breaks up into an array of filaments, increasing the density of the plasma and magnetic field strength by a factor of 10–20. The filamentary current sheath, driven by the interaction of its own currents and magnetic field, travels down to the end of the inner hollow electrode, where the filaments converge into a single central pinch region, further concentrating both plasma and magnetic fields. A third instability then kinks the single central filament like an over-twisted phone cord, forming a plasmoid, an extremely dense, magnetically self-confined ball of plasma only tens of microns across. By this time, the density and magnetic fields of the plasma in this small region are tens of thousands of times larger than those present at the start of the process, and a substantial fraction of the energy fed into the device is contained in the plasmoid. A fourth instability causes the magnetic fields at the center of plasmoid to decrease, and these changing magnetic fields induce an electric field, which generates a beam of electrons in one direction and a beam of ions in the other. The electron beam heats the plasmoid electrons which in turn heat the ions, thus igniting fusion reactions. The energy is released in the ion and electron beams and in a burst of X-ray energy from the heated electrons in the plasmoid.
In addition to its very small size, simplicity, and ability to utilize the inherent plasma instabilities (rather than suppressing them), the DPF also has the advantage that the plasmoid is extremely dense. Such a dense plasmoid requires that the ions be confined for only a few thousand orbits, in contrast to the millions of orbits required in tokomaks or most other fusion devices. Thus the high stability of such devices is not required in the DPF, only meta-stability.
Quantum Magnetic Field (QMF) Effect
Lerner theoretically showed [22] that the problem of high X-ray emission with p-B11could be mitigated through the use of the QMF effect. This effect, first pointed out in the 1970s [25], and studied in the case of neutron stars [26], involves the reduction of energy transfer from ions to electrons in the presence of a strong magnetic field. To apply the magnetic effect to the DPF plasmoids, which are force-free configurations, we first note that small-angle momentum transfer parallel to the field can be neglected in these plasmoids, since the ion velocity lies very close to the local magnetic field direction, and Δp||/Δp⊥ ~ sin2 θ, where θ is the angle between the ion velocity and the B field direction [22].
For Ei = 300 keV, this implies B > 14 GG for p, B > 3.5 GG for α, and B > 1.3 GG for 11B. As will be shown below, such field strengths should be attainable with the DPF.
As calculated [22], for T = Ti/Eb(M/m) < 1, the coulomb logarithm can drop as low as 0.5 for the heating of electrons by ions, which can only heat electrons that are moving slower than the ions. For the heating of the ions by the much faster thermal electrons, with Te ≫ 1, quantum effects can be ignored and the coulomb logarithm is simply ln(2Te). As a result, the ratio of these two coulomb logarithm terms can be as high as 20, which results in a similar value for Ti/Te. This results in a reduction of X-ray emission by as much as a factor of four.
We have performed 0-D simulations of the plasmoid which include this QMF effect [24] which show that in this case fusion power can potentially exceed Bremsstrahlung emission by as much as a factor of 2, allowing ignition of the fuel and an 80% burn-up of the fuel in the plasmoid. While not fully realistic, the simulation is adequate to show the impact of the magnetic effect and the possibility for high fusion yields in which the energy emitted in the form of X-rays and ion beams exceeds the total energy input to the plasma by about a factor of two. Of course, this by no means guarantees that direct energy conversion efficiency will be high enough for a practical generator, but it does indicate that this is at least conceivable, and worth investigating experimentally.
The simulation, by its zero-dimensional character, assumes that the plasma in the plasmoid is homogenous. In addition the simulation assumes Maxwellian distributions for the electrons, and hydrogen and boron ions. Helium ions, produced by the fusion reaction, are assumed to cool to a Maxwellian distribution, but the fusion alpha particles are treated separately, as they are slowed by the plasma. In accordance with observation, it is assumed that the ions are all fully ionized.
This simulation also assumes that the plasma radius contracts during compression and then remains stable. Thus it is assumed that as fusion energy is released, countervailing forces prevent the rapid expansion of the plasmoid.
There are good experimental reasons for believing that this is as at least roughly the case, as we explain here. Half the fusion energy released in DD reactions is deposited in the plasmoids by the d + d → p + t reaction. In the plasmoids measured in, for example, Lerner [22], the additional pressure from this deposited energy would disassemble the plasmoids is a few ps, thousands of times shorter than their observed lifetime of tens of ns, unless the pressure was balanced by an increase in confining forces.
We intend to discuss the role played by centrifugal stabilization in the long lifetime of the plasmoids in a future paper.
Conditions in DPF Plasmoids
Here, τ is plasmoid decay time, RB is the effective resistance of the beam, nc is plasmoid density. However, a modification must be imposed here. For low I and thus low accelerating potentials, all the particles in the plasmoid are evacuated through the beam without carrying all the energy away. In this case the simple model will break down near the end of the plasmoid decay. However, for present purposes a suitable approximation simply reduces the plasma lifetime by the ratio of the accelerating potential to that needed to carry the entire plasmoid energy. To a good approximation this factor turns out to be I/1.4 MA. For I > 1.4 MA, this factor is unity.
These theoretical predictions are in good agreement with results that were obtained experimentally in 2001 with a 1.2 MA DPF [22]. If we use these equations to predict Bc we obtain 0.43 GG, in excellent agreement with the observed value of 0.4 GG. Similarly, the formulae yield nτ = 4.6 × 1013 s/cm3 as compared with the best observed value in [22] of 9 × 1013 and the average of 0.9 × 1013.
For decaborane with Z = 2.66 and μ = 5.166, with r = 5 cm, I = 2.8 MA these formulae yield Bc = 11 GG and nτ = 6 × 1015.
This is of course a considerable extrapolation—a factor of 60 above the observed values in both B and nτ. However, these conditions can be reached with relatively small plasma focus devices.
The question of heating is more complex. If the electrons simply collided with the plasmoid electrons through Coulomb interaction, heating would be quite inefficient. However, H. Hora [27] has shown that, for a variety of plasma beam interactions, the electrons behave as if they have a cross section equal to a circle with radius equal to their Compton wavelength, hc/E rather the classical value of e2/E. This of course increases the effective cross section by 1/α2 or 2 × 104. The reason for this relationship is not entirely clear. It occurs only in plasma, since the cross sections of electrons in gas are well known and correspond to the classical result.
Here, dc is collision distance, w is the ratio of electron beam energy to heating energy, Temax is the temperature for w = 1. We take half the peak temperature as Tef, the average electron temperature of the plasmoid, although this ignores the nonlinearity of reaction rate with T. We thus find that the temperature increases nearly as the cube of atomic number of the gas involved. Since nτ increases as z2.4, the nτT product increases as approximately z5. We thus see the model's strong prediction of fusion yield improvement with increasing μ and z.
It should be noted that the thermonuclear yield, which should be observed as isotropic, scales as I4 while the beam-plasma yield observed as anisotropic scales as I3, so the degree of anisotropy will decrease with increasing current and total yield.
Control of Angular Momentum and Efficiency of Energy Transfer to the Plasmoid
The appropriate choice of cathode radius, peak current and fill pressure is not enough to ensure the efficient formation of a plasmoid that contains the full magnetic energy input to the device. In fact, in few of the existing DPF devices is the efficiency of energy transfer into the plasmoid very high, limiting yield to well below that predicted by the model described in the section "Conditions in DPF Plasmoids". For high efficiency, control of angular momentum is required, as first pointed out by Lerner and Blake [23].
The process of plasmoid formation involves the development of a kink instability in the current flow at the pinch and as such requires a certain amount of angular momentum. We here refer to total angular momentum, both of the magnetic field and of the particles. Another way of looking at this is that the axial field/azimuthal field ratio has to be sufficient for the kinking to occur. During the compression phase, angular momentum per unit mass is conserved, so this angular momentum can be derived from angular momentum present in the filament array at the time the compression begins. An approximate measure of the angular momentum per unit mass required can be obtained by the formula 0.5 VAr, here VA is the Alfven's velocity in the plasmoid and r is the plasmoid radius.
Angular momentum can be imparted to the plasma sheath during the rundown by the interaction of the inward flowing electron flows and any small initial axial magnetic field (e.g., the small axial component of the earth's magnetic field). The JXB force accelerates the electrons slightly in the azimuthal direction, creating an azimuthal component to the current. This in turn increases the axial magnetic field and thus the azimuthal acceleration of the electrons. In this way, a very small initial magnetic field (or small, random initial azimuthal component in the current created by irregularities in the electrodes) can be rapidly magnified. For example, given a ratio of axial to total magnetic field Bθ/BT = sin θ then any initial axial field will be amplified so that at the end of the run down θ = θieVτ/R, where τ is the run down time and R is the anode radius. Thus final angular momentum per unit mass is VR θieVτ/R where V is the Alfven velocity at the anode radius at peak current. This is a simplified analysis, as in the real case BT is rising rapidly during the early stages of the pulse. However, a numerical analysis using a realistic function for BT shows a very similar result, as at later times, the magnitude of the initial axial field is very small compared with BT, so the amplified field dominates, as in the simplified formula.
Since Vτ/r is proportional to L/R, the angular momentum is sensitively dependent on this ratio. If there is insufficient angular momentum, the plasmoid radius will be reduced in proportion to angular momentum and the total plasmoid energy and mass will be reduced as the cube of angular momentum. This sensitivity to initial very small angular momentum can in part explain the well-known shot-to-shot variability of plasma focus devices. Calculations show that if this natural amplification mechanism is relied on to provide angular momentum and the initial magnetic field is the earth's ambient field, L/R must be more than about 7 for high efficiency of energy transfer into the plasmoid. Indeed, in the best-performing DPF devices, this ratio exceeds 7 and can be as high as 17, implying that high VA and longer τ are desirable.
The disadvantage of such long electrodes is their high inductance, around 20 nH. Since external inductance must exceed load inductance, total inductance in the system must be around about 45 nH. As Lee [28] has shown, these considerations lead to limitations on the total amount of current that can be fed into the DPF from a capacitor bank, as the pulse length must increase as capacitance does, unless the charging voltage becomes very high. The high inductance, by forcing up total bank energy, reduces the proportion of that energy that can be converted into the DPF magnetic field. So even if the efficiency of energy transfer from the magnetic field to the plasmoid increases, the total efficiency from capacitor bank to plasmoid does not necessarily increase.
The alternative to relying on amplification of the ambient magnetic field, is to inject angular momentum with a small artificial axial magnetic field, produced by a helical coil. While there have been previous efforts to stabilize DPF pinches with axial fields, these fields have been much greater than those contemplated here, generally thousands of G. If the model described here is valid, too much angular momentum will prevent the plasmoid from being formed and thus drastically reduce fusion yield. Only the optimal amount of field, of the order of a few G, will provide enough angular momentum to just balance the compressional pinch forces and form the largest possible plasmoid.
Viewed in another way, for a given electrode radius and length, the injection of angular momentum will greatly increase the angular momentum and thus the size of the plasmoid, and thus the energy yield from fusion reactions in the plasmoid. Approximately, fusion yield will increase as the third power of the amount of injected angular momentum.
Experiments with Focus Fusion-1
To test the above mentioned, and other theoretical predictions, we have constructed a new DPF facility (called Focus Fusion-1, or FF-1 for short) in Middlesex, NJ, with a 113 μF, 45 kV capacitor bank, which we expect will be able to achieve peak currents above 2 MA.
The design of FF-1 is based on the accumulated experience of the DPF field but represents an advance in two major ways. First, we expect that it will achieve a very high current with a very compact and relatively economical design by achieving a low external inductance of about 15 nH. With a capacitor bank total capacitance of 113 microfarads and a maximum charge potential of 45 kV, we expect the device to achieve a peak current of 2.2 MA using deuterium with 14-cm long anodes and as high as 2.8 MA using heavier gases and shorter anodes. Exclusive of the support structure, the entire device fits in a 2.5 × 2.5 × 1 m volume. Second, for these high peak currents, FF-1 has very compact electrodes, thus generating a high initial magnetic field. The cathode consists of 16 copper rods set at a radius of 5 cm and the anode is a hollow copper cylinder 2.8 cm in radius. At the highest peak current, the field at the anode surface will be around 200 kG, which we estimate is close to the highest field allowed by the mechanical strength of copper. These high fields will make possible high fill gas densities, which in turn will lead to high final densities in the plasmoids. Six different anodes ranging in length from 7 to 14 cm will be used, depending on the fill gas.
The experiment currently uses 13 diagnostic instruments to measure the various parameters of the plasma and the tiny plasmoid. We have listed the instruments by the parameter they are designed to measure. To measure the size and shape of the plasmoids we use:
A 4PICOS Stanford Computer Optics ICCD camera with 0.2 ns minimum exposure time. The ICCD is sensitive to UV radiation down to 180 nm and thus should be able to observe radiation above the plasma frequency of the plasmoids for all deuterium experiments, although not for the heavier gases. In addition to its high temporal resolution, the ICCD currently has a spatial resolution of about 30 microns. We also use an X-ray pinhole camera.
To measure the electron energy distribution we use:
A set of three scintillators and PMT X-ray detectors each located behind a different thickness of copper filter—300 microns, 3, 6 mm. The ratios of the signals from the PMTs measure the average X-ray emission and can be fitted to a model of bremmstralung radiation to obtain the average electron energy with high time resolution. The detectors are shielded by a 5 cm lead brick from the emissions due to the collision of the electron beam and the anode, so that we are measuring X-rays from the plasmoids alone. The detectors are also shielded by copper sheaths from the RF pulse which arrives at the same time as the X-ray pulse.
The energy of the ions is measured by two neutron time of flight (TOF) detectors that consist of two scintillation detectors with PMTs placed at different distances—11 m for the near detector and 17 m for the far detector. The difference in the detection times of the two detectors measures the energies of the neutrons, thus allowing us to differentiate between the 14.7 and 2.5 meV neutrons from the D-T and D-D reactions. In addition, the spread in energies, indicated by the widening of the pulse with distance, gives us a measure of the ion velocities within the plasma. Since X-rays arrive first at the detectors, they produce a distinct signature and can be easily isolated from the neutron signal.
Neutron measurements are made with two BTI bubble detectors, each calibrated by the manufacturer to ±25%. In addition, we have built a silver activation detector exactly following a previously calibrated design [29]. We have cross-calibrated the neutron detector with the bubble detectors and find them in agreement within 10%.
The ion beams are measured with two Rogowski coils built into the drift tube, one at 30 cm from the end of the anode, the other at 100 cm. The coils provide a measure of both the net current of the beams, and by time-of-flight calculations the energy distribution of the ions.
A main Rogowski coil built into the lower (ground) base plate records the dI/dt of the current through the anode and is integrated digitally to provide the current measurement. We have calibrated the current to within 5% by comparing the integrated current with a waveform generated by a detailed run-down simulation developed by Lee [28] for the measured capacitance, charging voltage and other characteristics of our device. The resulting calibration is also within 5% of that calculated from the inductance of the coil.
Finally, a HV probe measures the voltage on an individual spark plug.
Preliminary Experimental Results
So far, we have fired FF-1 over 500 times since it produced its first pinch on October 15, 2009. We have been somewhat slowed by the poor initial functioning of the switches, supplied by R. E. Beverly and Associates, which required extensive modification and rebuilding. However, we report here on some important preliminary observations which will be elaborated in future papers.
First, the fusion yield, as measured by the silver activation detector, depends sensitively on the time of the pinch. Much other DPF work has shown that the highest yields are obtained when the pinch occurs close to the quarter-cycle time of the device, when the maximum current would occur without the pinch. Here we define the pinch time as the time at which dI/dt has a minimum and thus the rate of energy transfer into the plasmoid is at a maximum. However, most researchers have found that the actual peak in yield occurs with a pinch time somewhat later than the quarter-cycle time, when the current is actually decreasing [30]. This is true for our FF-1 results as well, but only if the axial magnetic field is absent. When the field is present, we find that fusion yield increases significantly—by more than a factor of three—when the pinch time is exactly at the quarter cycle time (within ±3%).
The shots taken at higher current (around 1 MA) and with fill pressures of 18–24 torr show the same pattern, but with an increase in yield of about a factor of 4–5 at the same pinch times. This shot series demonstrated that the short-pinch time regime was not accessible without the additional axial field. Without this imposed field, when the fill pressure was reduced sufficiently for rapid run-downs and thus short pinch times, no pinch occurred.
Comparison with Theory and Tentative Explanation of Results
Comparison of observed and predicted yield, SPTs
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Our results pose a number of questions that we can provide only tentative answers to at this time. Why are the yields much higher for the STPs than for the LTPs? Why are the STPs obtainable only with the imposed axial field? What is the significance of the bumps in the dI/dt?
It is reasonable to hypothesize that the two precursor bumps are caused by shocks which heat the plasma before the plasmoid is fully compressed, decreasing the amount of energy available for the plasmoid and possibly as well the amount of angular momentum. One likely time for such shocks to occur is in the final stages of the kinking process, when the coils of the kinking filament are approaching each other at high velocity. It is possible that with adequate injected angular momentum, due to the increased axial field, these shocks will be greatly decreased, as the coils will slide past each other in a spiral fashion, rather than colliding head-on. This would allow greater energy transfer other plasmoid and thus the higher yields. Of course, such a conclusion requires a good deal more evidence to be validated.
We note that, as described in the section "Control of Angular Momentum and Efficiency of Energy Transfer to the Plasmoid", the angular momentum is increasing exponentially with time. If a minimum amount is essential for the formation of the plasmoid, and thus for the pinch, the time needed to reach this minimum will be reduced if the initial axial field is greater. So an alternative explanation of the role of the axial field is that it allows this minimum to be reached before the pinch time, thus allowing the SPTs to take place.
The role of the precise timing of the pinch is less clear. Since the shocks occur before the pinch and presumably determine the energy transferred, the critical periods would logically be before the shocks, when the rapid fall in dI/dt just begins (in our hypothesis, with the start of the kinking process). In that case, the start of this fall in dI/dt occurs when the current is rising for all of the STPs and when it is falling or near zero for all of the LTPs. To be precise, all the STPs have dI/dt > 1011 A/s at the time the pinch begins—a sudden shift to high negative dI/dt—while all the LTPs have dI/dt < 3 × 1010A/s at this time and the vast majority have dI/dt < 0. So the sign of dI/dt seems to be highly significant as well as its magnitude. The question then arises: why does the sign of dI/dt affect the shock process and how does it interact with the imposed axial field?
Tsybenko and Miklaszewkis [32] looked at the problem of pinch timing based on the observation that, in most DPFs, the maximum yields are slightly after the quarter cycle time. They hypothesized that a tangential discontinuity, which occurs when two adjacent parts of a cylindrical plasma are rotating at different frequencies, could set off instabilities that disrupt the pinch. They show that such an instability is suppressed if the current in the column is varying at a frequency comparable to the instability growth time—around 10 ns. However, in our observations the current varies over a time scale of 6–7 μs, so it is hard to see how this mechanism could be significant.
It is possible that the azimuthal potential induced by the dI/dt can add to or subtract from the angular momentum provided by the axial field coil to produce the optimal amount of angular momentum both for minimizing the shocks and forming the plasmoid, but at the moment a complete explanation of the data is not yet in hand. We expect that experiments now underway will greatly clarify the outstanding theoretical questions.
The authors wish to thank John Thompson for his major contributions to the design and construction of FF-1.


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Chef Kiffin's menus focus on the exclusive changes in seasons such as hearty braised dishes in the fall and winter using apples, pears and cider from local harvests, osso bucco and porcini risotto while in spring and summer feature fresh local vegetables and naturally raised organic lamb and delectable strawberries.
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Lunch at The Compound was disappointing. ...
Lunch at The Compound was disappointing. We had flies buzzing around us the entire time, landing on our faces and meals. And we had been seated inside, not out. My partner's dish was excellent. Mine was just OK. The decor seems dated, banquettes are not terribly comfortable.
I know restaurants, and The Compound is ...
I know restaurants, and The Compound is one of the best I have eaten in snce I left NYC 25 years ago. Do give it a try, you won't be disappointed. Note that if you want to eat on the patio be sure to specify that when making a reservation. If you book using Open Table follow that up with a call to the restaurant to request a patio table.
Yes, it's pricey, but this is Santa Fe. ...
Yes, it's pricey, but this is Santa Fe. And the food was amazing, no complaints. I had the chicken breast, which I usually wouldn't order since it's often dull. This was perfection. Chocolate Baked Alaska for dessert was to die for. The atmosphere is quiet and Southwestern without being over the top. The service, unfortunately, was spotty. Sean/Shawn was our waiter. He was very attentive at first, just the right blend of respectful and friendly. But as soon as we had ordered our food and wine, he disappeared. His "backup" had to take care of us. He never came and checked on whether we needed anything, including pouring more wine. Finally, when we were having dessert, he reappeared and was all friendly and jovial. Not the kind of service you expect at a top-tier place.
The Compound continues to be one of the ...
The Compound continues to be one of the best in Santa Fe. The front desk tends to be a bit snobby, but do the job....they seem to want to argue if one is not happy with the initial table selection....they tell you all the other tables are reserved... Food is always good, menu seems to change occasionally for lunch..table servers are above the usual quality for Santa Fe, but some are not totally knowledgeable of menu, etc...Wine list is very diverse, and as expected in Santa Fe, expensive...We have had an annual luncheon with friends for 9 years during Opera Week, and all enjoy the experience very much.
Simply and always the best. The Compound ...
Simply and always the best. The Compound is a must whenever I visit Santa Fe. The food delivers in spades--fresh and local, interesting blending of ingredients, unforgettable flavors, unique, and always breath taking presentation visually. The service is stellar--knowledgeable, available, and yet never intrusive. The room is understated as ever and gorgeous. Such a fabulous evening for all the senses. Cannot wait to return!
There were four of us. Three of our lunc ...
There were four of us. Three of our lunches were fine. The 4th - a lobster and crab main dish salad had one small piece of lobster and one small piece of crab. Service was deplorable! After getting an initial cocktail, we were not asked if we wished another or wine. We were at the table an hour and a quarter before we got served. We were never offered more water or coffee after finishing. We finally had to ask the manager for water. The final problem was that our waiter bussed other empty tables while ours was filled with dirty dishes and glasses. This was probably the worst service I've had anywhere ever! And I was the hostess of the table!
The Compound provided an excellent dinin ...
The Compound provided an excellent dining experience for my best friend and me. Staff were all so gracious and professional. The only downside was the arrival of a load mouth guest and what appeared to be his female escort for the evening. This couple cut our visit short since we were not too interested in listening to their simplistic and loud conversation. We realize that not much can be done about loud mouths like that; just a stroke of bad luck for us that evening. We'll return to the Compound for some more delicious meals.
I booked this restaurant for my parents ...
I booked this restaurant for my parents to enjoy a special birthday lunch. I called in advance and asked if I could do something special for my mom's birthday, like order a dessert or something in advance. They told me that what they usually do is to write happy birthday on a plate, then if dessert is ordered the bring it out on that plate. If no dessert is ordered, they still bring it out but with cookies to enjoy after the meal. I said that this sounded great, and he said that it was noted.
They came home, said the food was good and the ambiance lovely. But no one had wished my mom happy birthday. And there had been no plate of cookies or special greetings.
This is a special occasion place, so this is a real bummer. Would recommend choosing somewhere else if you have anything like this in mind.
Santa Fe has so many great choices for S ...
Santa Fe has so many great choices for South Western food. But the Compound creates a very elegant continental menu. Known for their fois gras, & dinner menu, lunch is just as great and has many choices. I had a great chicken schnitzel , with sautéed spinach. Friends had the Compound burger, big and great fries, jumbo crab & Lobster salad, and the Carolina soft shell crab. Everyone was totally pleased. A very sophisticated atmosphere, easy parking and fun to see the surrounding galleries.
The flower arrangement needs to be toss ...
The flower arrangement needs to be tossed and replaced with regularly designed REAL blossoms. Especially true for the busy summer season.
The one they have has been there for over a year and is faux.
Reflects on the overall quality of the property including the food and service. (Which I rated quite high)
Saved this restaurant for a special occa ...
Saved this restaurant for a special occasion. Spent a lot of money to get a very fine wine and what should have been an outstanding supper. Started with drinks, mine was not made the way I ordered it with lime juice instead of Rose's and a lime wedge instead of olives, Strike 1. We each ordered an appetizer. They took over 1/2 hour to arrive and by then we had both finished our drinks (they were chosen to go with our appetizers) and were starting into our dinner wine, which had been delivered a few minutes after our drinks. My appetizer was supposed to be similar to a bruschetta (but with a fancier name) on toasted sourdough. It was a sourdough round, but was not toasted and difficult to eat as it all turned into mush. Strike 2. We both ordered the beef tenderloin "medium rare", but they came out rare and still dripping some blood. Strike 3. Our waiter offered to provide a different entrée, but by then, we were ready for dessert and a check. Shawn, our waiter offered to provide two glasses of port for free and we took him up on it. He also told the manager, who never came to our table to apologize, but they took $18.00 off the bill. Little compensation for a dinner that should have been much better for nearly $400 for two. Next time, I'll go across the street to Geronimo.
On our annual visit to Santa Fe for the ...
On our annual visit to Santa Fe for the Opera and the many other wonderful cultural activities this place has to offer, we always have at least one meal at The Compound. Over a period of fifteen years, we have never been disappointed with anything about this fine dining establishment. We hope to continue our return trips to Santa Fe for many more years and fully expect to return to The Compound each time.
Surprisingly awful. Arrived at 6:30 -- ...
Surprisingly awful. Arrived at 6:30 -- first time we saw a waiter to take a drink order was 7:00 -- I had no appetizer and my main course (mediocre food at that) did not arrive until 8:00, one an a half hours after we arrived and sat down. There were several empty tables, so could not blame the average food and lousy service on a crowded Sunday night. Did not stay for dessert and could not wait to get out of there. Will not go back again for some time -- and suggest others try the several good restaurants in Santa Fe instead.
We really enjoyed the whole experience. ...
We really enjoyed the whole experience. It was our first time and didn't disappoint. The service was perfect. The food was delicious - well prepared and presented. We enjoyed the crostini appetizer. Our entrees, wild mushrooms with organic polenta and pork tenderloin with sweet potato gratin were excellent. We shared a chocolate/sweet cherry dessert which was also memorable. The waiter recommended a nice pinot noir which paired perfectly with both entrees. We'll return!
This is my go-to place when I come to Sa ...
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THIBODAUX -- For some of the public servants at the Thibodaux Civic Center Friday, it must have seemed like they were back in school.
Attending an open-meetings seminar presented by Lafourche Parish District Attorney Camille A. "Cam" Morvant II and several local lawyers, the public officials sat for three hours and heard a condensed lesson on what they can do, cannot do and must do.
"I want to thank the speakers for taking their time today," Morvant said. "I want to also sincerely thank all of you for attending. I know it can be a hardship. Hopefully everybody walks away from here with a little more knowledge about the responsibilities they have with the boards and agencies they serve on."
Morvant said letters were sent to about 350 public employees and elected officials inviting them to participate in the mandatory seminar. And close to 300 attended, he said.
"The turnout was very good. I know it's difficult (on a weekday), but I'm absolutely pleased," he said. "If we do this again -- we probably couldn't do it every year -- but we will probably do it on maybe a Thursday night from 6 to 8 p.m. for a refresher course."
The seminar itself focused on four issues that affect all public officials: the state open meetings law, executive sessions, public records and governmental ethics.
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Following Riviere's talk, Carlton J. Cheramie of Cheramie and Stenz gave a lesson on executive sessions, explaining when public bodies can go into closed session.
Cheramie told the crowd that there are eight specific exemptions to the open-meetings law that allow public bodies to meet in executive session.
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The list of exemptions allows closed sessions: to discuss character, professional competence or physical or mental health; to discuss collective bargaining litigation or prospective litigation; to discuss security; to investigate misconduct; in the event of a civil emergency; for parent or student discussions with school officials; and for the Mineral Board to discuss lease sales. The law also includes an instance in which the Legislature could specifically exempt other situations in the future.
Cheramie also explained the requirements of going into executive session, such as giving advance notice to anyone to be discussed and allowing that person to demand the meeting be held in public.
Following a short break, the seminar resumed with a discussion by Assistant District Attorney Thad Toups of the state public records law.
Toups listed the exemptions spelled out in the law and noted some of the contradictions. He also explained the civil penalties that face the custodians of public records if they do not make them available to the public.
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Morvant's seminar comes on the heals of the Lafourche Parish School Board delaying the release of public records in the case of the board's search for a new superintendent. The board has so far refused to share further e-mail records about people who inquired about the job.
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He said those laws control the permissible actions of public officials and employees, their immediate families and those who do business with the agencies and boards they serve.
After the seminar, there seemed to be universal agreement on the value of the lessons presented.
"I thought it was very informative on issues that can be interpreted in different ways," said Greg Borne, a member of the Home Mortgage Authority Board. "Just seeing the people here today, it has to be a positive for the parish."
Gwen Theriot, a member of the Golden Meadow Town Council, said the seminar was the first gathering of all the public officials in the parish she could remember.
"I just thought it was a great idea to get all the public officials together in one place. I think it's neat," Theriot said. "It's the first time I've seen it."
Parish Councilman Joe Fertitta said the packet of legal information presented to all the attendees will probably help in the future.
"It was very informative with some good topics," Fertitta said. "I think they got a lot of good information and good reference material."
Morvant said the seminar might have served a social purpose as well as educating the public officials.
"I heard two people talking this morning who knew each other, but they hadn't seen each other for five years," he said. "The thing I got out of this the most was bringing the parish officials together."
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There should be an amnesty for unlicensed firearms
Dear Editor,
Guyana should take note of the recent fatal shooting of some children and adults in the US by a lone gunman.
In the light of this, in our country a considerable period of amnesty should be given to persons in possession of unlicensed firearms and ammunition.
The last amnesty many years ago, raked in a heap of guns of various kinds. From then to now, more people have acquired unlicensed firearms. There should be an amnesty exercise in every region, and the gold-mining areas in the interior, particularly where there are shouts and businesses flourishing, should be focused on.
Yours faithfully,
George Carrington
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