External inductance of an axisymmetric plasma
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 29 (3) , 790-793
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.865934
Abstract
The external inductance of an axisymmetric toroidal plasma with an arbitrary aspect ratio and cross section is obtained using a Green’s function method. By varying an equivalent skin current density over the plasma surface, while keeping the total toroidal current fixed, the plasma boundary is made to coincide with a magnetic surface. Numerical computations of the self‐inductance and mutual inductance as functions of aspect ratio and elongation are fitted to simple analytic formulas. The effect of distributed plasma current on the volt‐seconds required to reach a prescribed net current is considered.Keywords
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