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Title: Stabilizing windings for the tilting and shifting modes in an inductively formed spheromak

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6218467· OSTI ID:6218467

It is shown that a set of 4 passive conducting coils, each with the figure 8 topology, will stabilize a spheromak to the rigid body toroidal mode number n = 1 tilting and shifting modes. The inclusion of these coils does not interfere with the inductive formation process.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
6218467
Report Number(s):
PPPL-1814; ON: DE81030383; TRN: 81-017052
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English