PLASMA COMPRESSION EXPERIMENTS. I. EFFECTS OF A HEXAPOLE MAGNETIC FIELD ON STABILITY

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4685071

Little, E M; Quinn, W E

A hexapole magnetic field was superimposed on the fast magnetic mirror compression field of the Scylla III theta pinch in an attempt to stabilize an observed plasma instability of the flute type with a superimposed rotation. The effect of the hexapole field on the plasma stability was studied with streak camera photography and through observation of the neutron emissions. Under certain conditions the hexapole stabilizing'' field has an observable effect on the instability. Its main effect is to symmetrize the rotation about the axis of the compression coil and to produce a delay in the onset of the instability, There is at most a small effect tending to symmetrize the time distribution of neutron emission and to increase the neutron yield. (auth)

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N. Mex.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• NSA Number: NSA-17-029654
• OSTI ID: 4685071
• Report Number(s): LADC-5530
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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