Anomalous-viscosity current drive

Patent · Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6919369

Stix, T H; Ono, M

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for maintaining a steady-state current for magnetically confining the plasma in a toroidal magnetic confinement device using anomalous viscosity current drive. A second aspect of this invention relates to an apparatus and method for the start-up of a magnetically confined toroidal plasma.

• Research Organization: Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Application Number: ON: DE87007239
• OSTI ID: 6919369
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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