Investigations of the magnetic field structure of high-power, short-duration rotamak discharges
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 29 (4) , 1196-1207
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.865868
Abstract
In this paper, the application of the rotating magnetic field method of driving plasma current to the generation of a compact torus configuration known as the rotamak is described. The results obtained in a high‐power (few MW), short‐duration (∼80 μsec) rotamak experiment are presented [Phys. Rev. Lett. 4 4, 1676 (1980)]. In particular, the magnetic structure of the stable, oblate, compact torus configuration that is produced in the experiment is described in detail.Keywords
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