The Lawson criterion is a key concept in the pursuit of fusion energy, relating the fuel density
n, pulse duration τ or energy confinement time τ E, and fuel temperature T to the energy gain …

Heat loads on the tungsten divertor targets in the ITER and the tokamak power reactors
reach~ 10MW m− 2 in the steady state of DT discharges, increasing to~ 0.6–3.5 GW m− 2 …

This review is focused on multiple-mirror traps for high-temperature plasma confinement that
were proposed by Budker, Mirnov, and Ryutov and independently by Logan, Lichtenberg …

This work is devoted to the project of a new-generation open trap, gas-dynamic multiple-
mirror trap (GDMT), proposed at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch …

The paper presents experimental results from the SMOLA device that is the first facility with a
helical mirror section of the magnetic system. This device was built in the Budker Institute of …

Results, obtained during the last decade on linear traps in Novosibirsk, verified the original
concepts and led to discovery of new ways of plasma confinement in linear traps. It turns out …

Development of a new linear device for confinement of fusion plasmas is under way in the
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk. The new device combines features of …

A new type of axial pum** or confining system for plasma devices is proposed. It is based
on E× B plasma rotation in a nonuniform helical magnetic field. In the rotating reference …

Cracking thresholds and crack patterns in tungsten targets after repetitive ITER-like edge
localized mode (ELM) pulses have been studied in recent simulation experiments by laser …

Novel concept of the longitudinal plasma flow suppression by active plasma pum** in
helicoidal magnetic field in mirror traps was proposed recently. Concept exploration device …