Preliminary experimental results from a new megamp dense plasma focus

Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Inc. has initiated a two-yearlong experimental project to test the scientific feasibility of Focus Fusion, controlled nuclear fusion using the dense plasma focus (DPF) device and pBll fuel. The experiment is being conducted with a newly-constructed dense plasma focus, Focus-Fusion-1, which is expected to generate peak currents in excess of 2 MA. The goals of the experiment are first, to confirm the achievement the high ion and electron energies first observed in previous experiments in 2001 at Texas AM 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 pBll fuel to demonstrate greater fusion energy production than energy fed into the plasma (positive net energy production). Preliminary experimental results are presented.