Transient loss of plasma from a theta pinch having an initially reversed magnetic field
The results of an experimental study of the transient loss of plasma from a 25-cm-long theta pinch initially containing a reversed trapped magnetic field are presented. The plasma, amenable to MHD analyses, was a doubly ionized helium plasma characterized by an ion density N/sub i/ = 2 x 10/sup 16/ cm/sup -3/ and an ion temperature T/sub i/ = 15 eV at midcoil and by N/sub i/ = 0.5 x 10/sup 16/ cm/sup -3/ and T/sub i/ = 6 eV at a position 2.5 cm beyond the end of the theta coil.
- Research Organization:
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Technology
- DOE Contract Number:
- AS02-76ET53018
- OSTI ID:
- 6351369
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/53018-3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ELEMENTS
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ION DENSITY
ION TEMPERATURE
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ELEMENTS
ENERGY LOSSES
FLUIDS
GASES
HELIUM
ION DENSITY
ION TEMPERATURE
LINEAR PINCH DEVICES
LINEAR THETA PINCH DEVICES
LOSSES
MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSAL
NONMETALS
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PINCH DEVICES
RARE GASES
STARK EFFECT
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES