General Area of Research:
Theoretical Plasma Physics
 
Particular Applications:
Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion
Solar-Terrestrial Plasma Physics
Industrial Plasmas

Current Research

INNOVATIVE CONFINEMENT CONCEPTS IN FUSION

Current approaches lead to fusion reactors that are complex and expensive.
Innovative approaches and optimization of current devices are called for.

Two innovative approaches that I am pursuing are:

 
Using Centrifugal Confinement to augment Magnetic Confinement.

Using Velocity Shear to Suppress Plasma Instability


Both of these concepts require supersonic plasma rotation and thus can be combined in one device.
The resulting device has four advantages and one disadvantage over tokamaks.