Published 1989 | Version v1
Journal article Metadata-only

A comparison of the magnetic behaviour in Ultra-Low-Q and RFP discharges in HBTX1C

Creators

  • 1. UKAEA Culham Lab., Abingdon (UK)
  • 2. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (USA)
  • 3. University Coll., Cork (Ireland). Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Description

The study of Ultra-Low-Q (ULQ) and Reversed Field Pinch (RFP) operations in the HBTX1C assembly with a shell of short vertical field time constant (compared with the pulse length) reveals new unstable modes arising from resistive shell instabilities. Their suppression in ULQ discharges has been achieved in experiment by controlling the value of q. Resistivity which arises from low density and rapid particle recycling is larger in ULQ than RFP discharges. Different plasma relaxation phenomena are observed in these two regimes. (author) 7 refs., 4 figs

Additional details

Additional titles

Augmented title (English)
RFP (Reversed Field Pinch)

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Europhysics Conference Abstracts
Journal Volume
13B
Series
Europhys. Conf. Abstr.
Journal Page Range
757-760
ISSN
0378-2271
CODEN
ECABD

Conference

Title
16. European conference on controlled fusion and plasma physics.
Dates
13-17 Mar 1989.
Place
Venice (Italy).

INIS

Country of Publication
Switzerland
Country of Input or Organization
Switzerland
INIS RN
21016497
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HBTX DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; REVERSE-FIELD PINCH; SAWTOOTH OSCILLATIONS; SHELLS; SPITZER THEORY; TOKAMAK DEVICES
Descriptors DEC
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; CURRENTS; DATA; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; OSCILLATIONS; PINCH DEVICES; PINCH EFFECT; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TOROIDAL PINCH DEVICES