1ST RESULTS FROM THE START EXPERIMENT

被引：85

作者：

SYKES, A

DELBOSCO, E

COLCHIN, RJ

CUNNINGHAM, G

DUCK, R

EDLINGTON, T

GOODALL, DHJ

GRYAZNEVICH, MP

HOLT, J

HUGILL, J

LI, J

MANHOOD, SJ

PARHAM, BJ

ROBINSON, DC

TODD, TN

TURNER, MF

机构：

[1] Culham Lab., AEA Fusion, Abingdon

来源：

NUCLEAR FUSION | 1992年 / 32卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1088/0029-5515/32/4/I16

中图分类号：

O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];

学科分类号：

070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;

摘要：

Low aspect ratio tokamaks may provide a low cost route to developing magnetic fusion energy and may offer simpler and more economic fusion reactors. The first test of this concept with hot plasmas has been conducted with the Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak (START) experiment now in operation at Culham Laboratory. The novel method of plasma formation is described and observations of plasmas at aspect ratios as low as 1.3 are presented, indicating high temperature discharges with good global stability properties and typical tokamak characteristics. This represents a new and significant extension of the parameter range of the conventional tokamak.

引用

页码：694 / 699

页数：6

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