IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO GAS DISCHARGE APPARATUS

Patent · Tue Mar 15 23:00:00 EST 1960

OSTI ID:4152113

Bickerton, R J

A means of reducing spatial instability in gas-discharge tori having thick electrically conducting walls is described. The torus is encircled by two toroidal cores of a pulse transformer with primary windings. The discharge in the torus is the secondary. A former winding on the torus in 16 coils has 716 turns which at 1200 amps (d-c) gives a field of 1000 gauss. This former winding is energized during the period shortly before and shortly after the period of the pulsed torus discharge. The stabilizing action of the axial magnetic field comes from the trapping of its lines of force in the current channel of the torus discharge. (T.R.H.)

• Research Organization: Originating Research Org. not identified
• NSA Number: NSA-14-011239
• OSTI ID: 4152113
• Report Number(s): GB 830254
• Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• Language: English

Related Subjects

COILS
CURRENTS
CYLINDERS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
MAGNETIC FIELDS
PHYSICS
PLANNING
PULSES
STABILITY
THICKNESS
TORUS
TRANSFORMERS
VESSELS