The Columbia Nonneutral Torus: A New Experiment to Confine Nonneutral and Positron-Electron Plasmas in a Stellarator

Journal Article · Thu Jul 15 04:00:00 EDT 2004 · Fusion Science and Technology

OSTI ID:20849735

Pedersen, Thomas Sunn ^[1]; Boozer, Allen H ^[1]; Kremer, Jason Paul ^[1]; Lefrancois, Remi G ^[1]; Reiersen, Wayne T ^[2]; Dahlgren, Fred ^[2]; Pomphrey, Neil ^[2]

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1. Columbia University (United States)
2. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (United States)

The Columbia Nonneutral Torus is a new stellarator experiment being built at Columbia University, New York, to study the confinement of nonneutral and electron-positron plasmas. It will be a two-period, ultralow aspect ratio classical stellarator configuration created from four circular coils. The theory of the confinement and transport of pure electron plasmas on magnetic surfaces is reviewed. The guiding principles behind the experimental design are presented, together with the actual experimental design configuration.

• OSTI ID: 20849735
• Journal Information: Fusion Science and Technology, Journal Name: Fusion Science and Technology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 46; ISSN 1536-1055
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ASPECT RATIO
DESIGN
ELECTRONS
MAGNETIC SURFACES
PLASMA
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
POSITRONS
RADIATION TRANSPORT
STELLARATORS