Published April 1980 | Version v1
Report

Instabilities in mirror confined hot electron plasmas

Creators

  • 1. McDonnell Douglas Corp., St. Louis, MO

Description

Early experiments on ECRH plasmas in simple mirrors showed that under some operating conditions rapid losses of a considerable fraction of the plasma energy could occur. Further observations allowed the identification of two distinct modes of instability. These experiments were carried out in the PTF device at ORNL about 1965 to 1966. The PTF device was a simple mirror machine heated with up to 4 kW of ECRH power at a frequency of 10.6 GHz. The plasma radius in the midplane was about 10 cm

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
EBT ring physics
Journal Page Range
p. 499-502.
Report number
CONF-791228--

Conference

Title
EBT ring physics workshop.
Dates
3 - 5 Dec 1979.
Place
Oak Ridge, TN, USA.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
11542474
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ECR HEATING; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC MIRROR CONFIGURATIONS; PLASMA INSTABILITY
Descriptors DEC
HEATING; HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING; INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; OPEN CONFIGURATIONS; PLASMA HEATING