Stabilizing windings for tilting and shifting modes

Patent · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:865185

Jardin, Stephen C ^[1]; Christensen, Uffe R ^[1]

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1. Princeton, NJ

This invention relates to passive conducting loops for stabilizing a plasma ring against unstable tilting and/or shifting modes. To this end, for example, plasma ring in a spheromak is stabilized by a set of four figure-8 shaped loops having one pair on one side of the plasma and one pair on the other side with each pair comprising two loops whose axes are transverse to each other.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4476085
• OSTI ID: 865185
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

stabilizing
windings
tilting
shifting
modes
relates
passive
conducting
loops
plasma
unstable
example
spheromak
stabilized
set
figure-8
shaped
pair
comprising
axes
transverse
shifting modes
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