Fusion Reactions in Self-Colliding Orbits

Abstract
A principle for a small nonplasma fusion device is proposed. Energetic ions are injected through the center of a Precetron-type magnetic field. An organized non-Maxwellian mixture ("migma") of particles having a central high-density region results. The collisions are predominantly head-on and Coulomb scattering effects significantly reduced. It is shown that the device can become critical, although, in the examples considered here, only at microwatt levels.