Published October 1998
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Journal article
Turbulent Steady-State Configuration of an Inductively Driven Reversed Field Pinch Plasma
Creators
- 1. Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08543 (United States)
Description
An inductively driven reversed field pinch plasma has a time-averaged steady-state magnetic configuration. The configuration, which is force-free, corresponds to a state of minimum rate of dissipation of magnetic energy for a prescribed rate of dissipation of magnetic helicity. The ratio of the two dissipation rates equals the ratio of the sustaining Poynting flux to magnetic helicity flux at the boundary. The turbulence arises because it is not possible to maintain a stationary Poynting flux. copyright 1998 The American Physical Society
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 81
- Journal Issue
- 15
- Journal Page Range
- p. 3148-3150
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 30006425
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- HELICITY; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; REVERSE-FIELD PINCH; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; TOROIDAL CONFIGURATION; TURBULENCE
- Descriptors DEC
- ANNULAR SPACE; CLOSED CONFIGURATIONS; CONFIGURATION; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PINCH EFFECT