EXPERIMENTS ON THE HIGH TEMPERATURE PLASMA IN THE HELIOTRON B

Journal Article · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1963 · Bulletin of the Aeronautical Research Institute, University of Tokyo See Tokyo Daigaku Koku Kenkyusho Shuho

OSTI ID:4074186

Mohri, A; Kato, R

The Heliotron iaagnetic field is produced by an electric current in a series of pair coils wound around the discharge tube at regular intervals. The electric currents in the pair coils have opposite directions and different intensities. The lines of force near the tube axis undulate without crossing the wall, while those near the tube wall cross the wall. Thus a high-temperature plasma produced by ohmic heating is expected to be confined in the central region of the field. Experiments were carried out in order to verify the spatial confinement of a plasma in this field. The plasma current was observed only within the central region whose diameter was about 3 cm, and the plasma had a sharp boundary. Outside the region there was no current. These results suggest that the hot plasma is kept apart from the wall of the discharge tube in the Heliotron magnetic field. (auth)

• Research Organization: Kyoto Univ.
• NSA Number: NSA-18-009474
• OSTI ID: 4074186
• Journal Information: Bulletin of the Aeronautical Research Institute, University of Tokyo See Tokyo Daigaku Koku Kenkyusho Shuho, Journal Name: Bulletin of the Aeronautical Research Institute, University of Tokyo See Tokyo Daigaku Koku Kenkyusho Shuho Vol. Vol: 3: (Special Issue); ISSN TKKHAS1
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: Japanese

Related Subjects

COILS
CONFIGURATION
CURRENTS
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
HEATING
HIGH TEMPERATURE
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MEASURED VALUES
PHYSICS
PLASMA