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On the Acceleration of a Superconducting Carrier of a Cryogenic Fuel Target by a Sequence of Current-Carrying Solenoids

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The Lebedev Physical Institute (LPI) actively develops innovative technologies for creating the HTSC—MAGLEV accelerator for delivering a cryogenic fuel target (CFT) placed in a levitating HTSC-carrier to the ICF chamber for interacting with laser radiation. The LPI approach is based on the phenomenon of HTSC quantum levitation in a gradient magnetic field. Acceleration is provided by a sequence of current-carrying solenoids, and HTSC-carrier levitation occurs due to the use of a magnetic rail, along which the solenoids are placed. A prototype of an elementary block for accelerating an HTSC-carrier is developed and its motion control processes are studied. For this purpose, a special system of operational control of the acceleration block is developed and tested. The HTSC-carrier acceleration up to 1 m/s at the acceleration length La = 20 cm is demonstrated using only one pair of matched solenoids. The results obtained are of practical importance in the area of creating noncontact systems for CFT delivery due to constructing a linear magnetic track by connecting one elementary acceleration unit with many others to achieve a required CFT injection rates from 20 to 200 m/s and higher.

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This study was performed within the State contract of Lebedev Physical Institute no. АААА-А19-119083090043-0, and was supported by the IAEA within the scientific project no. 24154.

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    I. V. Aleksandrova, M. N. Agapov, A. A. Akunets & E. R. Koresheva

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Aleksandrova, I.V., Agapov, M.N., Akunets, A.A. et al. On the Acceleration of a Superconducting Carrier of a Cryogenic Fuel Target by a Sequence of Current-Carrying Solenoids. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 50, 332–336 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3103/S106833562308002X

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