Physical Review Letters · 1981 · 123 citations · 3 references
Natural SciencesNuclear EngineeringPhysicsFusion EngineeringNuclear PhysicsPlasma PhysicsFusion PlasmasHigh-temperature PlasmasMagnetic Confinement FusionMagnetized PlasmaNuclear FusionPlasma ConfinementExperimental ValidationFusion Reactor EngineeringFusion Reactor PhysicsScaleup StudiesTokamak PhysicsTokamak PlasmasToroidal ConfinementToroidal Magnetic Fields
A novel method for creating the spheromak configuration has been proposed and verified experimentally. The scheme is based on a transfer of poloidal and toroidal magnetic fluxes into a plasma from a "flux core." We present the first experimental verification of this quasistatic (${\ensuremath{\tau}}_{\mathrm{Alfv}\stackrel{\ifmmode\acute\else\textasciiacute\fi{}}{\mathrm{e}}\mathrm{n}}\ensuremath{\ll}{\ensuremath{\tau}}_{\mathrm{form}}<{\ensuremath{\tau}}_{\mathrm{diff}}$) formation scheme, which is suitable for future scaleup to fusion-reactor parameters.
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Formation of a Spheromak Plasma Configuration
G. C. Goldenbaum, J. Irby, Y. P. Chong et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1980 · 105 citations
Motion of a Compact Toroid inside a Cylindrical Flux Conserver
T. R. Jarboe, I. Henins, H.W. Hoida et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1980 · 105 citations