Experimental study of low frequency drift instability

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Plasma Physics Reports

OSTI ID:99005

Ioffe, M S; Kanaev, B I; Pastukhov, V P ^[1]

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1. Fusion Research Institute, Moscow (Russian Federation); and others

Experimental studies of nondissipative low frequency drift instability are reported; the plasma of a long mirror trap with edge casp anchors was investigated. The instability growth was found to take place only in a limited number of operation modes even in the case of all the growth requirements being satisfied. Furthermore, the instability development is rather moderate, and the associated anomalous losses appear to be small compared to the classical Coulomb losses. Possible factors accounting for the {open_quotes}soft{close_quotes} instability evolution are discussed. 13 refs., 6 figs.

• OSTI ID: 99005
• Journal Information: Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 20, Issue 5; Other Information: PBD: May 1994; TN: Translated from Fizika Plazmy; 20: No. 5, 453-460(1994)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
DRIFT INSTABILITY
TESTING
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT
SOLENOIDS
PLASMA WAVES
INSTABILITY GROWTH RATES