PROGRESS REPORT ON THE AC STABILIZED THETA PINCH

Technical Report · Mon Feb 12 04:00:00 EST 1962

OSTI ID:4760246

Leonard, S L; Dazey, M H

BS>Attempts to produce dynamic stabilization of the plasma column in a theta-pinch experiment by means of an r-f azimuthal magnetic field are described. The r-f currents used were produced by the damped oscillatory discharge of high- voltage capacitors through the inductance of the plasma column. The maximum r-f current (at the end of the first half cycle) was 13,900 amperes at 2.5 megacycles. No evidence of stabilization was obtained. A pulsed 1 megawatt vacuum-tube oscillator, designed to produce an undamped r-f current, is being constructed. Spectrographic investigation of the continuum intensity, the variation of the continuum intensity with wavelength, and the Stark broadening of the D/sub B/ Balmer line yielded values for the electron temperature and the electron (ion) density. (auth)

• Research Organization: Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, Calif.
• NSA Number: NSA-17-004167
• OSTI ID: 4760246
• Report Number(s): DCAS-TDR-62-46; AD-274700; TDR
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BALMER LINES
CAPACITORS
CONFIGURATION
CURRENTS
DENSITY
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ELECTRON TUBES
ELECTRONS
FREQUENCY
INDUCTION
LOSSES
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MEASURED VALUES
OSCILLATIONS
PHYSICS
PINCH
PLANNING
PULSES
RADIO WAVES
SPECTRA
SPECTRAL SHIFT
SPECTROSCOPY
STABILITY
STARK EFFECT
TEMPERATURE
TESTING
TETA
VARIATIONS