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SUMMARY:The high-field\, compact mirror path to fusion\, Plasma Physic
 s (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar\, Prof. Cary Forest\, UW-Madison Physic
 s/ Realta
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will provide a brief introduction to the co
 mpact magnetic mirror path to building a fusion energy system based on
  the tandem mirror. This approach relies on recent game changing physi
 cs results from axisymmetric mirror experiments [1] and the revolution
  in engineering high field magnets using high temperature superconduct
 or materials. Our Wisconsin centric development path was started throu
 gh ARPA-E sponsorship at the UW of WHAM (the Wisconsin HTS Axisymmetri
 c Mirror)  — I will begin a status report of the construction of WHA
 M including magnets (first successful tests of the 17 T magnets at CFS
 ) and preparation of WHAM's heating systems (ECH\, NBI and RF) and MHD
  stabilization systems.  I will then review the theoretical physics ba
 sis for the fusion performance of WHAM that has relied on CQL3D Fokker
  Plank solutions for the fast ions injected by neutral beams and then 
 heated by rf reported in a recent paper by Endrizzi [2].  The next pha
 se along the development path will be carried out by a public-private 
 partnership lead by an early stage startup\, Realta Fusion. Realta is 
 now beginning the engineering design activity of BEAM (a Break Even Ax
 isymmetric Mirror) that will be a several MW DT device  with Q approac
 hing 1. Its purpose is two-fold\, first it will provide the physics va
 lidation needed predict the performance of tandem mirror end plugs  an
 d second it will be well-suited to operate as a Fusion Volumetric Neut
 ron Source (FVNS) for demonstrating heat removal and tritium breeding 
 technology and described in Forest et al [3]. 
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\n1 Simon
 en\, T. C. et al\, Three Game Changing Discoveries: A Simpler Fusion C
 oncept? J Fusion Energ 35\, 63–68 (2016).
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\n2 Endrizzi\, D. e
 t al\, Physics Basis for the Wisconsin HTS Axisymmetric Mirror Experim
 ent\, accepted in J Plasma Physics\, (2023).
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\n3 Forest\, C.B e
 t al\, Prospects for a Break Even Axisymmetric Mirror (BEAM) and Appli
 cations\, submitted to J Plasma Physics (2023).
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