MHD-nozzle device as a thermonuclear target in MAGO/MTF concept

Describes the MAGO-MTF (magnetised target fusion) approach to fusion energy using a MHD-nozzle device as the thermonuclear target. In MAGO-MTF, thermonuclear reaction ignition has two stages: 1) heated magnetized plasma formation; and 2) adiabatic compression of the obtained plasma and the achievement of thermonuclear reaction burning conditions. The formation of plasma with definite temperature and lifetime is carried out by means of plasma acceleration up to ultrahigh velocities in the MHD Laval nozzle under the influence of quick-increasing magnetic field pressure and by means of the further plasma thermalisation. Some results of the MHD-nozzle device calculations are presented, in which one can see the character of plasma motion and the dynamics of its heating.