Artur Perevalov, University of Maryland  Thermonuclear fusion in the Centrifugal Mirror Fusion Experiment (CMFX)
The Centrifugal Mirror Fusion Experiment (CMFX) is an experimental machine located in IREAP. The project is led by UMBC in partnership with UMCP. The primary goal of the project is to explore whether the   centrifugal magnetic mirror design is capable of achieving the confinement parameters that are relevant for reactor-level fusion.
In this talk, I will explain the basics of centrifugal magnetic mirror confinement and show the experimental results of the machine operation. Included in the results are a series of experiments with deuterium that yielded measurable amounts of fusion neutrons. I will show the observed scaling of the fusion power as a function of control parameters.