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Reversed field pinch plasmas with various boundary conditions

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RFP behavior with boundary conditions which deviate from the perfectly conducting circular shell are investigated theoretically and experimentally. Interchange (Mercier) stability and the resulting beta limits are evaluated for various noncircular shapes. Growth rates are calculated for various current-driven MHD instabilities for both resistive and distant walls. A sustained noncircular RFP experiment is operated to investigate magnetic fluctuations in regions of good and bad curvature. Behavior of a nonsustained RFP is investigated, in which the plasma is situated far from the conducting shell in a poloidal divertor configuration

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24 p.
Report number
DOE/ER/53212--113

Conference

Title
Course and workshop on physics of mirrors, reversed field pinches and compact tori.
Dates
1-11 Sep 1987.
Place
Varenna (Italy).

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
19042721
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CURRENT DENSITY; FIRST WALL; FLUCTUATIONS; INSTABILITY GROWTH RATES; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC SURFACES; PLASMA INSTABILITY; POLOIDAL FIELD DIVERTORS; REVERSE-FIELD PINCH; SPACE DEPENDENCE; TIME DEPENDENCE
Descriptors DEC
DIVERTORS; INSTABILITY; PINCH EFFECT; THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS; VARIATIONS

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Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products. Original copy available until stock is exhausted.
Secondary number(s)
CONF-870908--11.