Editing Inertial electrostatic confinement (section)

===2010s===

Bussard's publications prompted the [[University of Sydney]] to start research into electron trapping in polywells in 2010.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Carr |first1=M. |last2=Khachan |first2=J. |year=2010 |title=The dependence of the virtual cathode in a Polywell™ on the coil current and background gas pressure |journal=Physics of Plasmas |volume=17 |issue=5 |page=052510 |bibcode=2010PhPl...17e2510C |doi=10.1063/1.3428744 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1244060 |access-date=2019-12-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922145423/https://zenodo.org/record/1244060 |archive-date=2020-09-22}}</ref> The group has explored theory,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Carr |first1=Matthew |year=2011 |title=Low beta confinement in a Polywell modeled with conventional point cusp theories |journal=Physics of Plasmas |volume=18 |issue=11 |page=11 |bibcode=2011PhPl...18k2501C |doi=10.1063/1.3655446 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1244053 |access-date=2019-12-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922144501/https://zenodo.org/record/1244053 |archive-date=2020-09-22}}</ref> modeled devices,<ref name="Oct12013Paper">{{cite journal |last1=Gummershall |first1=Devid |last2=Carr |first2=Matthew |last3=Cornish |first3=Scott |year=2013 |title=Scaling law of electron confinement in a zero beta polywell device |journal=Physics of Plasmas |volume=20 |issue=10 |page=102701 |bibcode=2013PhPl...20j2701G |doi=10.1063/1.4824005}}</ref> built devices, measured trapping<ref name="Carr, M. 2013">{{cite journal |last1=Carr |first1=M. |last2=Khachan |first2=J. |year=2013 |title=A biased probe analysis of potential well formation in an electron only, low beta Polywell magnetic field |journal=Physics of Plasmas |volume=20 |issue=5 |page=052504 |bibcode=2013PhPl...20e2504C |doi=10.1063/1.4804279 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1244056 |access-date=2019-12-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731210347/https://zenodo.org/record/1244056 |archive-date=2020-07-31}}</ref> and simulated trapping. These machines were all low power and cost and all had a small [[plasma beta|beta]] ratio. In 2010, Carl Greninger founded the northwest nuclear consortium, an organization which teaches nuclear engineering principles to high school students, using a 60 kvolt fusor.<ref name="lobby.nwnc.us.com">{{cite web |title=My Account &#124; .xyz &#124; for every website, everywhere® |url=http://lobby.nwnc.us.com/_layouts/15/start.aspx |access-date=2014-01-25 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203015356/http://lobby.nwnc.us.com/_layouts/15/start.aspx#/SitePages/Home.aspx |archive-date=2013-12-03}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web |title=Overview of the North West Nuclear Consortium in 2012 |last=Carl Greninger |via=YouTube |date=16 September 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbeAcFy3ErM |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/KbeAcFy3ErM |archive-date=2021-12-21}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2012, Mark Suppes received attention,<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Suppes News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - Gizmodo |website=Gizmodo |date=23 June 2010 |url=https://gizmodo.com/tag/mark-suppes |access-date=2017-09-09 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427195423/http://gizmodo.com/tag/mark-suppes |archive-date=2017-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Prometheus Fusion Perfection |website=Prometheus Fusion Perfection |url=https://prometheusfusionperfection.com/ |access-date=2014-01-25 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206174327/http://prometheusfusionperfection.com/ |archive-date=2014-02-06}}</ref> for a fusor. Suppes also measured electron trapping inside a polywell.<ref>{{cite web |title=Man builds web pages by day and nuclear fusion reactors by night |first=Cassie |last=Spodak |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/24/new.york.nuclear.hobby/ |access-date=2014-01-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203125021/http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/06/24/new.york.nuclear.hobby/ |archive-date=2014-02-03}}</ref> In 2013, the first IEC textbook was published by [[George H. Miley]].<ref>Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) Fusion, fundamentals and applications, {{ISBN|978-1-4614-9337-2}} (Print) 978-1-4614-9338-9, published December 26, 2013</ref>