STABILIZED PINCH EXPERIMENT

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1962

OSTI ID:4645351

Cockroft, H S; Malein, A; Shatford, P A

Experiments on a long linear pinched discharge are described. Under all conditions the current skin separating the axial and azimuthal magnetic fields is found to be relatively diffuse. The observed instability growth rates correspond more closely to the theoretical values for a fully diffuse pinch than to those for a sharp ( stabilized'') pinch. The rate of diffusion of magnetic field is the greater the lower the initial filling pressure, a result qualitatively in agreement with the measurements on Zeta in the so-called anomalous resistivity'' regime. (auth)

• Research Organization: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. Research Group. Culham Lab., Culham, Abingdon, Berks, England
• NSA Number: NSA-17-035021
• OSTI ID: 4645351
• Report Number(s): CLM-R-28
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CURRENTS
DIFFUSION
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MEASURED VALUES
NUMERICALS
PHYSICS
PINCH
PLASMA
PRESSURE
STABILITY