Apparatus for carrying on nuclear reactions

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APPARATUS FOR CARRYING ON NUCLEAR REACTIONS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION AT LEAST ONE ION ACCELERATOR ADAPTED TO PRODUCE A BEAM OF HIGH-ENERGY IONS; AN ION DEFLECTOR ADAPTED TO DEFLECT SAID ION BEAM PERIODICALLY, WHEREBY SAID ION BEAM IS DIVIDED INTO LINEAR SEGMENTS EACH OF WHICH IS AT AN ANGLE TO THE DIRECTION O TRAVEL OF THE IONS THEREIN; A MAGNET ADAPTED TO SUBJECT SAID SEGMENTS TO THE DEFLECTING ACTION OF A MAGNETIC FIELD SO DISTRIBUTED IN SPACE THAT THE IONS IN EACH SEGMENT CONVERGE BOTH LATERALLY AND LONGITUDINALLY SO AS TO FORM AN ION PULSE; MEANS FOR SUBJECTING SAID ION PULSES TO THE PINCHING ACTION OF AN INTENSE MAGNETIC FIELD; A PELLET-FORMING DEVICE ADAPTED TO FORM EXOERGIC MATERIAL INTO PELLETS; AND MEANS FOR CAUSING SAID PELLETS TO COLLIDE IN FREE SPACE WITH SAID PINCHED ION PULSES, WHEREIN THE TRANSVERSE DIAMETER OF SAID PULSES IS SUFFICIENTLY SMALL WITH RESPECT TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID PELLETS SO THAT A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE ENERGY OF THE IONS IN EACH PULSE IS ABSORBED BY THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE VOLUME OF THE PELLET WHICH IS STRUCK BY SAID PULSE.