Numerical simulation of the Beta II experiment

Conference · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5983681

Shumaker, D E; Boyd, J K; McNamara, B; Turner, W C

The transport code FRT which is a 1-1/2-D transport-equilibrium code for an axisymmetric plasma was used to simulate the decay of the plasma and magnetic fields of the Beta II experiment. A comparison is made between the experimentally determined decay times for the magnetic fields and particle confinement times and the computed decay times. It is found that 1% oxygen impurity is enough to clamp the electron temperature below the radiation barrier, which is in agreement with the experiment.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5983681
• Report Number(s): UCRL-85579; CONF-811028-1; ON: DE81030884; TRN: 81-017798
• Resource Relation: Conference: 23. annual meeting of the division of plasma physics of the APS, New York, NY, USA, 12 Oct 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
BETA II DEVICES
PLASMA SIMULATION
IMPURITIES
MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
TRANSPORT THEORY
CONFINEMENT
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
SIMULATION
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
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