Experimental Modeling of a Novel Magnetic Confinement System: Galathea with a Myxine in the Shape of a Convex Polyhedron

Journal Article · Tue Mar 15 00:00:00 EST 2005 · Plasma Physics Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1884693· OSTI ID:20717509

Gordienko, V A; Dubinov, A E; Zhuravlev, S S; Ivanov, M M; Repin, P B ^[1]

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1. Sarov Physicothechnical Institute, Sarov, Nizhni Novgorod oblast, 607188 (Russian Federation)

A new type of magnetic confinement system--a Galathea with a myxine in the shape of a convex polyhedron--is proposed. The system was modeled experimentally by passing an RF current through the myxine. On the one hand, the myxine acts as an inductor whose electric field ionizes the gas and, on the other, it acts as an RF magnetic confinement system. A steady-state plasma produced and confined in this system is almost spherical in shape. The electron density and specific (per unit volume) glow intensity of the plasma produced are found to be higher than those in conventional helical inductors.

• OSTI ID: 20717509
• Journal Information: Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 31, Issue 3; Other Information: Translated from Fizika Plazmy, ISSN 0367-2921, 31, 298-301 (No. 3, 2005); DOI: 10.1134/1.1884693; (c) 2005 Pleiades Publishing, Inc; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); TN:; ISSN 1063-780X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PLASMA INSTABILITY
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