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Production of field-reversed configurations with a magnetized coaxial plasma gun

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5466715
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Compact toroids were generated which can be made to come to rest in a cylindrical resistive flux conserver. They are observed to rotate so that their major axis is perpendicular to the axis of the flux conserver. Subsequently they appear to remain stationary and decay with a time constant of about 100 ..mu..s. We have also generated compact toroids in an oblate geometry which remain aligned with the axis of the flux conserver and decay with a time constant of 150 ..mu..s. The magnetic field reconnection time for compact toroid formation is measured in the latter case to be much shorter than the decay time.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
5466715
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-80-1104; CONF-800441-5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700202* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Magnet Coils & Fields
ANNULAR SPACE
BEAM INJECTION
CONFIGURATION
MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSAL
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC FLUX
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PLASMA BEAM INJECTION
PLASMA GUNS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TOROIDAL CONFIGURATION