Reconnection conditions for a coaxial plasma gun
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 25 (1) , 102-106
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.863608
Abstract
A fluid model for the flow conditions necessary to form a compact torus from the plasma ejected by a coaxial plasma gun is developed. This is done by finding the conditions for which the steady-flow equations break down. Results are found for two cases; variable external flux and variable outer-wall radius.Keywords
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