Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment

Cross section of the SSPX vacuum vessel

The Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment (SSPX) is a program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States established to investigate spheromak plasma.[1]

A spheromak device produces a plasma in magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium mainly through self-induced plasma currents, as opposed to a tokamak device which depends on large externally generated magnetic fields.[2] The series of experiments examines the potential for a spheromak device to contain fusion fuel. According to a 1999 abstract,

The Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment, SSPX , will study spheromak physics with particular attention to energy confinement and magnetic fluctuations in a spheromak sustained by electrostatic helicity injection.[3]

## See also

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* Magnetohydrodynamics
* Magnetic helicity
* Magnetic reconnection
* Turbulence

## References

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1. ^ Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment - SSPX Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine MFEScience. 2008-03-27.
2. ^ Experiment mimics nature's way with plasmas LLNL. 2008-03-27.
3. ^ (ICP/04) Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine IAEA. 2008-03-27.

## External links

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* Science@Livermore \- Press release
* Fusion Energy Program publications
* The Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment: A Short Overview at the Wayback Machine (archived September 17, 2006)
* Romero-Talamas, Investigations of Spheromak plasma dynamics, Ph.D. thesis
* Selected abstracts:
* Romero-Talamas, Spheromak formation and sustainment studies
* Wang, Large-amplitude electron density
* Hooper, Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Facilities|

* Mirror Fusion Test Facility
* Tandem Mirror Experiment
* National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center
* National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
* National Ignition Facility

Supercomputers|

* ASC Purple
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* Peloton
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Products|

| Lasers|

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* Janus
* Long path
* Nova
* Novette
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Others|

* Gist
* LLNL RISE process
* LX-14
* Micropower impulse radar
* Reliable Replacement Warhead
* ROSE
* SCALD
* Silo
* Slapper detonator
* W47
* W70
* W71
* Yorick

People|

* Ernest Lawrence
* Edward Teller

Related|

* IBM Blue Gene
* Inertial confinement fusion
* Laser Inertial Fusion Energy
* Stockpile stewardship
* Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment
* Z-Division

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Fusion power, processes and devices

Core topics|

| Nuclear fusion|

* Burning plasma
* Timeline
* List of experiments
* List of technologies
* Commercial
* Aneutronic

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* Nuclear power
* Nuclear reactor
* Atomic nucleus
* Fusion energy gain factor
* Lawson criterion
* Magnetohydrodynamics
* Neutron
* Plasma

Processes,
methods|

| Confinement
type|

| Gravitational|

* Alpha process
* Triple-alpha process
* CNO cycle
* Helium flash
* Nova

* remnants

* Proton–proton chain
* Carbon-burning
* Lithium burning
* Neon-burning
* Oxygen-burning
* Silicon-burning
* R-process
* S-process

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Magnetic|

* Field-reversed configuration
* Levitated dipole
* Magnetic mirror
* Bumpy torus
* Pinch
* Dense plasma focus
* Reversed field
* Theta
* Zeta
* Stellarator
* Tokamak
* Spherical
* Spheromak
* Dynomak
* Toroidal solenoid

Magneto-inertial|

* Magnetized liner
* Magnetized target

Inertial|

* Bubble (acoustic)
* Laser-driven
* Ion-driven

Electrostatic|

* Fusor
* Polywell

Other forms|

* Colliding beam
* Migma
* Metal lattice
* Muon-catalyzed
* Pyroelectric

Devices,
experiments|

| Magnetic
confinement|

| Tokamak|

| International|

* ITER
* DEMO
* PROTO

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Americas|

* STOR-M
* Alcator C-Mod
* ARC
* SPARC
* DIII-D
* Electric Tokamak
* LTX
* NSTX
* PLT
* TFTR
* Pegasus
* Riggatron
* SSPX
* ETE
* TCABR
* Novillo [es]

Asia,
Oceania|

* CFETR
* EAST
* HT-7
* HH70
* HL-2A
* HL-2M
* SUNIST
* ADITYA
* SST-1
* JT-60
* QUEST [ja]
* GLAST
* KSTAR
* TT-1

Europe|

* JET
* COMPASS
* GOLEM [cs]
* TFR
* WEST
* ASDEX Upgrade
* TEXTOR
* DTT
* FTU
* IGNITOR
* ISTTOK
* T-15
* TCV
* MAST-U
* START
* STEP

Stellarator|

| Americas|

* CNT
* CTH
* HIDRA
* HSX
* Model C
* NCSX
* SCR-1

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Asia,
Oceania|

* H-1NF
* Heliotron J
* LHD

Europe|

* WEGA
* Wendelstein 7-AS
* Wendelstein 7-X
* TJ-II
* Uragan-2M
* Uragan-3M [uk]

Pinch|

* Perhapsatron
* Sceptre
* ZETA

RFP|

* RFX
* MST

Mirror|

* GDT
* Astron
* Lockheed Martin CFR
* MFTF
* TMX

Other|

* LDX
* PFRC
* Trisops

Magneto-inertial|

* SPECTOR
* Linus
* FRX-L – FRCHX
* Fusion Engine

Inertial
confinement|

| Laser|

| Americas|

* Argus
* Cyclops
* Janus
* LIFE
* Long path
* NIF
* Nike
* Nova
* OMEGA
* Shiva

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Asia|

* GEKKO XII

Europe|

* HiPER
* Asterix IV (PALS)
* LMJ
* LULI2000
* ISKRA
* Vulcan

Non-laser|

* PACER
* Z machine

* International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility
* ITER Neutral Beam Test Facility

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