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Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion, sci.answers, news.answers
Followup-To: sci.physics.fusion
From: Robert F. Heeter <rfhee...@princeton.edu>
Date: 1999/11/11
Subject: Conventional Fusion FAQ Glossary Part 26/26 (Z)
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!!!). =============================================================== FREQUENTLY USED TERMS IN CONVENTIONAL FUSION RESEARCH Edited by Robert F. Heeter, rfhee...@pppl.gov Guide to Categories: * = plasma/fusion/energy vocabulary > = device type or machine name # = name of a constant or variable ! = scientists @ = acronym % = labs & political organizations $ = unit of measurement The list of Acknowledgements is in Part 0 (intro). ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ # Z: see atomic number @ ZETA: Zero Energy Thermonuclear Assembly; see entry > 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. > 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. You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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