Published April 14, 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Double-helix current drive for tokamaks

  • 1. School of Physical Sciences, The Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia

Description

Double sets of m = 1 helical coils fed by appropriately phased radio-frequency currents are shown theoretically to be capable of driving both toroidal and poloidal currents in a toroidal plasma by means of the nonlinear Hall effect. It is shown that total toroidal current is optimized when the ratio of the plasma circumference to the pitch length of the helical coils is 1.35

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
56
Journal Issue
15
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1563-1566
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA