Published December 1979 | Version v1
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Enhanced plasma confinement by MHD oscillation

Creators

  • 1. California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Lawrence Berkeley Lab.

Description

The use of MHD oscillations to enhance plasma confinement in mirror machines is proposed. A small MHD oscillation (deltaB2/8πnTsub(i) approximately 0.1) produces a ponderomotive-potential well in the center of the machine, trapping ions with small parallel energy, and thereby stabilizing the DCLC mode. A large oscillation (deltaB2/8πnTsub(i) > = 1.0) enhances confinement beyond classical. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Comments Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
4
Series
Comments Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion.
Journal Page Range
159-165
ISSN
0374-2806

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
11515272
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
CONFINEMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MIRROR CONFIGURATIONS; MINIMUM-B CONFIGURATIONS; PLASMA WAVES; Q RESONANCES
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HADRONS; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; MESON RESONANCES; MESONS; OPEN CONFIGURATIONS; RESONANCE PARTICLES