ELMO Bumpy Torus. [Survey of research program]

Technical Report · Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6381351· OSTI ID:6381351

Berry, L. A.; Hedrick, C. L.; Uckan, N. A.

The ELMO Bumpy Torus (EBT) program of experiment, theory, and reactor studies has been a remarkably successful one. In the five years since EBT-I began operating, work has progressed from a demonstration of macrostability to an increasingly detailed understanding of transport properties. Collisionless scaling (tau/sub E/ increases with temperature) has been observed, and the magnitude of the energy confinement time is consistent with neoclassical theory. Experiments on EBT-S (for scale) are now being conducted at the increased magnetic field levels and higher microwave power and frequency made possible by a 28-GHz gyrotron development program. A review of the program is given.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 6381351
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-6743; TRN: 79-008772
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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