ENERGY-CONFINEMENT AND PARTICLE-CONFINEMENT PROPERTIES OF AN END-PLUGGED, LINEAR, THETA-PINCH

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COMMISSO, RJ
BARTSCH, RR
EKDAHL, CA
MCKENNA, KF
SIEMON, RE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.43.442
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Experiments show that axial confinement of plasma in a straight theta-pinch solenoid is improved by placing solid lithium deuteride plugs at the ends. The energy confinement is increased nearly threefold in agreement with theoretical estimates which assume classical electron thermal conduction and no convective losses. The confinement of deuterium ions is explained by classical Coulomb collisions in the ablated lithium deuteride plasma. © 1979 The American Physical Society.
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