Computational Study of Multipole Plasma Trap Particle Loading Scenarios

Fusion reactors could potentially provide cheap and abundant energy to humans around the globe and are the focus of various research
projects worldwide and start-up companies intending to build the world’s first commercially viable fusion reactor. Such reactors would have extensive applications in outer-space technology and would be relevant to NASA’s strategic objective 3.1 by pursuing the development of a technology that greatly advances economic prosperity and global competitiveness. Our research centers on studying plasma physics in the context of particle-trapping scenarios in order to advance the science of building such reactors by using accessible and versatile models that could be applied to various plasma trap geometries.

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