• The diffusion of plasma across a magnetic field was conjectured to follow the Bohm diffusion scaling as indicated from the early plasma experiments of...
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    phenomenon known as Bohm diffusion. His first book, Quantum Theory, published in 1951, was well received by Einstein, among others. But Bohm became dissatisfied...
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  • potential on a particle Bohm sheath criterion for a Debye sheath plasma layer Bohm diffusion of plasma in a magnetic field Bohm interpretation of the configuration...
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    diffusion – Diffusion process with a non-linear relationship to time Batchelor scale – Length scale used in fluid dynamics Bohm diffusion Diffusion MRI –...
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    _{\text{anom}}/\eta } . Another proposed mechanism is known as the Bohm diffusion across the magnetic field. This replaces the Ohmic resistivity with...
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    designs, and the first to contain plasma for lifetimes exceeding the Bohm diffusion limit. Donald William Kerst was born in Galena, Illinois November 1...
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    enhances high gradients Atomic diffusion, in solids Bohm diffusion, spread of plasma across magnetic fields Eddy diffusion, in coarse-grained description...
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  • at rates closer to B, not B2, as had been seen in Bohm diffusion. The failure of classical diffusion to predict real-world plasma behavior led to a period...
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    mid-1960s, Spitzer was convinced that the stellarator was matching the Bohm diffusion rate, which suggested it would never be a practical fusion device. The...
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  • strength of an external magnetic field B. Classical diffusion predicts the 1/B2 scaling, while Bohm diffusion, borne out of experimental observations from early...
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  • The de Broglie–Bohm theory is an interpretation of quantum mechanics which postulates that, in addition to the wavefunction, an actual configuration of...
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    1962–? Moscow Kurchatov Institute 1 m/0.12 m 3.5 T 0.15 MA Overcame Bohm diffusion by a factor of 10, temperature 10 MK, confinement time 10 ms T-5 (Tokamak-5)...
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    such as americium, berkelium, and californium. David Bohm (PhD 1943) discovered Bohm diffusion. Nobel laureate Yuan T. Lee (PhD 1965) developed the crossed...
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  • and the latest experiments suggested performance was stalled at the Bohm diffusion limit, far below what would be needed for a practical fusion generator...
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  • ontological concepts for quantum theory coined by theoretical physicist David Bohm during the early 1980s. They are used to describe two different frameworks...
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  • and led to the Bohm diffusion rule. If true, a practical fusion machine was likely impossible. Most researchers concluded that the Bohm limit was not fundamental...
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    confinement. But based on their experiments, Bohm developed an empirical formula, now known as Bohm diffusion, that suggested the rate was linear with the...
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  • potentiality is a central concept of the de Broglie–Bohm formulation of quantum mechanics, introduced by David Bohm in 1952. Initially presented under the name...
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  • their devices that showed even greater performance, about 100 times the Bohm diffusion limit. An enormous argument broke out between the AEC and the various...
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  • College, Columbia University David Bohm, quantum physicist known for the Aharanov-Bohm effect, Bohm diffusion, and Bohm interpretation Amber E. Boydstun...
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    (Lawrence). Burhop and Bohm later studied the characteristics of electric discharges in magnetic fields, today known as Bohm diffusion. Their papers on the...
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  • {i} })^{1/2}} . This inequality is known as the Bohm sheath criterion after its discoverer, David Bohm. If the ions are entering the sheath too slowly...
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  • Bogomol'nyi-Prasad-Sommerfield bound Bogomol'nyi–Prasad–Sommerfield bound Bohm diffusion Bohr magneton Bohr model Bohr radius Bohr–Einstein debates Bohr–Sommerfeld...
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  • confinement times at least fifty times better than what was predicted by Bohm diffusion that stymied earlier approaches. Palumbo, who long favored toroidal...
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    suggested the leakage rate was linear with the magnetic field. If this Bohm diffusion were true, a practical fusion reactor would likely be impossible. Of...
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  • Chirikov–Taylor map). He studied 2D-plasmas, demonstrating the inherent Bohm diffusion which had been noticed in magnetic bottles since the 1950s. He then...
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  • with David Bohm on isotopic separation at Berkeley. Bohm had observed greatly increased rates of diffusion well beyond what classical diffusion would suggest...
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    that clearly beat a significant barrier to progress up to that date, Bohm diffusion. While some experiments in the UK and US also showed signs of beating...
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  • propulsion Beta (plasma physics) Birkeland current Blacklight Power Blazar Bohm diffusion Bohr–van Leeuwen theorem Boltzmann relation Bow shock Bremsstrahlung...
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  • David Bohm and Australian Eric Burhop. They studied the characteristics of electric discharges in magnetic fields, today known as Bohm diffusion, and studied...
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