Quasistatic Formation of the Spheromak Plasma Configuration

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 (${\tau }_{\mathrm{Alfv}\acute{\mathrm{e}}\mathrm{n}}\ll {\tau }_{\mathrm{form}}<{\tau }_{\mathrm{diff}}$) formation scheme, which is suitable for future scaleup to fusion-reactor parameters.