RF Alpha-Channeling as a Bounded Power Lever for a Deuterium-Helium-3 Mirror

RF alpha-channeling as a bounded power lever for a deuterium-helium-3 mirror. A mode-converted channeling wave raises the recoverable charged fraction from a collisional baseline near 8 percent to about 80 percent in the worked embodiment, easing the recirculating-power burden that sets the burner's electric gain. Booked as a bounded lever, not a closure mechanism: the plug potential remains the honest gate. Model output, no antenna built.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2026-08-28
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22132168
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Magnetic confinement fusion research
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RF Alpha-Channeling as a Bounded Power Lever for a Deuterium-Helium-3 Mirror

Priyanca Ford, G L Kulcinski
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Magnetic confinement fusion research
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RF Alpha-Channeling as a Bounded Power Lever for a Deuterium-Helium-3 Mirror

Priyanca Ford, G L Kulcinski
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Abstract

RF alpha-channeling as a bounded power lever for a deuterium-helium-3 mirror. A mode-converted channeling wave raises the recoverable charged fraction from a collisional baseline near 8 percent to about 80 percent in the worked embodiment, easing the recirculating-power burden that sets the burner's electric gain. Booked as a bounded lever, not a closure mechanism: the plug potential remains the honest gate. Model output, no antenna built.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Fusion for Energy (ES)
Affordable and clean energy
Magnetic confinement fusion research
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