Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 March 2009
In this paper we present main parameters of the thermonuclear fuel and relations connecting the thickness of an isothermal homogeneous cryolayer with gaseous microballoon parameters. A model of the temperature field calculation (the azimuthal temperature gradient and the temperature distribution) and the way of shaping it under practical experimental conditions by the contact-point method is presented. The temperature distribution calculation explains the “sag” effect observed in many experiments.