Investigations of the magnetic structure and the decay of a plasma-gun-generated compact torus

Journal Article · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Phys. Fluids; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.864345· OSTI ID:5890562

Turner, W C; Goldenbaum, G C; Granneman, E H.A.; Hammer, J H; Hartman, C W; Prono, D S; Taska, J

The results of a series of experimental measurements of compact toroidal (CT) plasmas produced by a magnetized coaxial plasma gun injecting into a flux-conserving metallic liner are reported. The experiments were performed on the Beta II facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The magnetic equilibria are well described by a force-free eigenmode structure that results from an extension of Taylor's theory of the reversed-field pinch. Consideration of helicity conservation during relaxation of the composite plasma-gun flux-conserver system to the final state equilibrium yields theoretical expressions that are compared with the experiment.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore, California 94550
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5890562
• Journal Information: Phys. Fluids; (United States), Vol. 26:7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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