Performance of Polywell inertial-electrostatic confinement for applications

Summary form only given, as follows. Recent ideas have motivated a fresh look at fusion based on inertial-electrostatic confinement (IEC). Inertial-electrostatic-confinement devices electrostatically focus ions into a dense core. The electrostatic potential is generated by either grids or magnetically trapped electrons (the polywell concept). Work will be reported on modeling Polywell particle and power balance, with an emphasis on moderate-Q (fusion power/input power) producers of fusion neutrons and protons for various applications. Because electrostatic potentials of 10-100 kV can be created with relative ease, both D-T and advanced fuels, such as D-/sup 3/He, can have significant reactivities. Potentially, therefore, useful fluxes of fusion products (neutrons and protons, for example) can be generated even at low Q values. The analysis is performed by the mathematica computer code SAFE (Spherical Advanced Fusion Evaluator). Parametric dependencies and optimized reference cases will be exhibited.