Field reversal produced by a plasma gun

Conference · Wed Apr 02 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5507928

Hartman, C W; Condit, W; Granneman, E H.A.; Prono, D; Smith, Jr, A C; Taska, J; Turner, W C

Experimental results are presented of the production of Field-Reversed Plasma with a high energy coaxial plasma gun. The gun is magnetized with solenoids inside the center electrode and outside the outer electrode so that plasma emerging from the gun entrains the radial fringer field at the muzzle. The plasma flow extends field lines propagating a high electrical conductivity, the flux inside the center electrode should be preserved. However, for low flux, the trapped flux exceeds by 2 or more the initial flux, possibly because of helical deformation of the current channel extending from the center electrode.

• Research Organization: California Univ., Livermore (USA). Lawrence Livermore Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5507928
• Report Number(s): UCRL-84228; CONF-800441-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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