Plasma magneto-inertial fusion arrangement that compensates for timing variations among pulsed power-driven electromagnetic particle accelerators

A method for digitized plasma magneto-inertial fusion comprising:

• determining a trigger breakdown time for each of a plurality of solid-state switch arrays by measuring a duration from initiation of a control signal to plasma formation for each of a plurality of pulsed power driven electromagnetic particle accelerators,
• wherein each of the plurality of solid-state switch arrays is configured to control a corresponding one of the plurality of pulsed power driven electromagnetic particle accelerators, and
• wherein the plurality of pulsed power driven electromagnetic particle accelerators is positioned to converge corresponding plasma discharges towards a parametrically-defined volume;
• generating a timing profile for each of the plurality of pulsed power driven electromagnetic particle accelerators based on each trigger breakdown time;
• determining timing offsets for each of the plurality of solid-state switch arrays based on their trigger breakdown time to compensate for timing variations between the plurality of pulsed power driven electromagnetic particle accelerators;
• and
• triggering the plurality of solid-state switch arrays in accordance with the timing offsets to converge the corresponding plasma discharges towards the parametrically-defined volume.