Plug potential formation in a tandem mirror
- Plasma Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 (Japan)
It is suggested experimentally that a plug potential forms in a different mechanism from the originally expected scenario in the present tandem mirror [T. Tamano, Phys. Plasmas {bold 2}, 2321 (1995)]. That is, the formation requires only electron cyclotron resonance heating experimentally. In this manuscript, therefore, the plug potential with continuous axial profile is analytically shown to be created with the plausible ion and electron distribution functions in a present tandem mirror, i.e., passing ions, mirror trapped ions in the thermal barrier, passing electrons, {phi}-trapped electrons in a plug potential, and the small amount of ions that are born around the plug region.{copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 530116
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 4; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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