Potential Profile and Spectroscopic Measurements in the TU/e Fusor Libby Tolman
Eindhoven University of Technology
The Fusor Magnetic confinement and tokamaks are complicated! Inertial electrostatic confinement is simpler But probably can’t be used to produce energy Could be used to produce neutrons
Part I: Improving the Measuring Systems and Making Measurements
Spectroscopy Measurements Fusor Fiber Optic Cable Shamrock Spectrometer
Potential Profile Measurements
Automated Measurements!
Part 2: Trying to Find a Theoretical Model to connect the two types of measurements
Theory: Spectroscopic Measurements Think of a normalized spectral measurement as a PDF of Doppler shift
Reasons why this probably won’t work Particles are created at different radii, so you can’t find velocity as a function of radius It’s hard to find out exactly what region of the fusor you are imaging There are a mix of species (with different masses) in the fusor Different types of particles emit light
Conclusions Future work at Eindhoven My future work at Princeton Professional development Life experiences