Unconventional Approaches to Fusion

Opening Talk.- What is an Alternative?.- Potentials of Fusion Reactor Concepts.- Alternate Fusion Concepts as Reactors.- Criteria for the Assessment of Reactor Potential.- The Tokamak: An Imperfect Frame of Reference?.- Compact Tori and Plasma Focus.- Fusion Reactor Aspects of the Compact Torus.- The Speromak.- The Extrap Concept.- The Plasma Focus.- Some Results of Plasma Focus Studies.- Linear Systems and Particle Rings.- Long Linear Fusion Systems.- Reminiscences on Inertial Confinement.- Some Remarks on Inertial Confinement of Very-High-Density Plasmas.- The Linus Concept.- The High-Density Z-Pinch as a Fusion Reactor.- Z-Pinch-Liner Thermonuclear System.- Dense Plasma as a Neutron Source for the Subcritical Reactor.- Particle Ring Fusion.- Multipoles and Advanced Fusion Fuels.- Multipoles and Surmacs I: Physics.- Multipoles and Surmacs II: Engineering.- The Intrap Concept.- Advanced Fuels and the Development of Fusion Power.- Ignition Experiments with Advanced Fusion Fuels.- Survey Topics.- Summary of U.S. Compact Torus Experiments.- Los Alamos Compact Toroid, Fast Liner and High-Density Z-Pinch Programs.- Round Table Discussions.- Round Table on Unconventional Approaches to Fusion.- List of participants.