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EXPERIMENTAL PINCH STABILIZATION WITH LARGE AXIAL MAGNETIC FIELD

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4306360
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A solution of the stabilization problem in discharges in gases is one of the primary purposes of experimental work in controlled thermonuclear reactions at this time. The employment of an axial magnetic, field contained within the pinching plasma is a means of providing tension in the pinch discharge to counteract the negative tension of the orthogonal magnetic field produced by the pinching current itself. Experimental equipment was made to produce very high axial magnetic fields of 40,000 gauss so that correspondingly large pinch currents can be employed. An important matter to consider and to test experimentally is the influence of the axial magnetic field not trapped within the pinch discharge. Control of the magnitude and direction of this exterior magnetic field was attempted and the influence of its magnitude and direction on stability was studied. Results of experiments are reportod. (authh
Research Organization:
General Atomic Div., General Dynamics Corp., San Diego, Calif.; Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation, Dallas
NSA Number:
NSA-12-014852
OSTI ID:
4306360
Report Number(s):
A/CONF.15/P/352
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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CURRENTS
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
GASES
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MEASURED VALUES
NUMERICALS
PHYSICS
PINCH
PLANNING
PLASMA
PRESSURE
PRODUCTION
STABILITY
TESTING
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
TRAPS
VECTORS