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- From: Robert F. Heeter <rfheeter@princeton.edu>
- Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion,sci.answers,news.answers
- Subject: Conventional Fusion FAQ Glossary Part 26/26 (Z)
- Supersedes: <fusion-faq/glossary/z_934543711@rtfm.mit.edu>
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- Summary: Fusion energy represents a promising alternative to
- fossil fuels and nuclear fission for world energy
- production. This Glossary is a compendium of Frequently Used
- Terms in Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy Research. Refer
- to the FAQ on Conventional Fusion for more detailed info
- about topics in fusion research. This Glossary does NOT
- discuss unconventional forms of fusion (like Cold Fusion).
- X-Last-Updated: 1995/02/26
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- Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu sci.physics.fusion:44274 sci.answers:10871 news.answers:170857
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- Archive-name: fusion-faq/glossary/z
- Last-modified: 25-Feb-1995
- Posting-frequency: More-or-less-quarterly
- Disclaimer: While this section is still evolving, it should
- be useful to many people, and I encourage you to distribute
- it to anyone who might be interested (and willing to help!!!).
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- ===============================================================
- Glossary Part 26: Terms beginning with "Z"
-
- FREQUENTLY USED TERMS IN CONVENTIONAL FUSION RESEARCH
- AND PLASMA PHYSICS
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- Edited by Robert F. Heeter, rfheeter@pppl.gov
-
- Guide to Categories:
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- * = plasma/fusion/energy vocabulary
- & = basic physics vocabulary
- > = device type or machine name
- # = name of a constant or variable
- ! = scientists
- @ = acronym
- % = labs & political organizations
- $ = unit of measurement
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- The list of Acknowledgements is in Part 0 (intro).
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- # Z: see atomic number
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- @ ZETA: Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly; see entry
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- > Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly: A British fusion device in
- which scientists observed fusion neutrons in 1958. They were
- erroneously considered to be thermonuclear (coming from particles
- with a Maxwellian velocity distribution) and were a cause for the
- initial optimism that fusion energy would be easy. They were
- actually due to electromagnetic acceleration during a plasma
- instability, an effect which cannot be scaled up to produce useful
- energy.
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- > Z-Pinch: Pinch device in which the externally-driven pinching
- current goes in the z direction (parallel to / through the
- cylindrical plasma). See discussion in Section 4B.
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