IMPROVED ENERGY CONFINEMENT IN SPHEROMAKS WITH REDUCED FIELD ERRORS

被引：27

作者：

WYSOCKI, FJ

FERNANDEZ, JC

HENINS, I

JARBOE, TR

MARKLIN, GJ

机构：

[1] Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1990年 / 65卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.40

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

An increase in the global energy confinement time (E) was obtained in the CTX spheromak by replacing the high-field-error mesh-wall flux conserver with a low-field-error solid-wall flux conserver. The maximum E is now 0.18 ms, an order of magnitude greater than previously reported values of 0.017 ms. Both E and the magnetic energy decay time (W) now increase with central electron temperature, which was not previously observed. These new results are consistent with a previously proposed energy-loss mechanism associated with high edge helicity dissipation. © 1990 The American Physical Society.

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