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Results of SPICA, pt. 5

  • 1. Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie, Jutphaas (Netherlands). Instituut voor Plasma-Fysica

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In the screw-pinch experiment SPICA (R/r = 60/20), the capacitor bank for the bias field has been enlarged to improve the control of β. At a filling pressure of 10 mTorr Dsub(2) a β of 20% could be obtained as measured by Thomson scattering (qsub (w) = 2.5, Isub(zp) 160 kA, Bsub(z) = 1.2 T, Tsub(e) approximately Tsub(i) = 50 eV at 10 μs, nsub(e) = 7x1021/m3). The vertical field inside the Isub(z) feed flange has been minimized in the presence of plasma to 5x10-3 T by a suitable current distribution in the flange. Magnetic probe measurements have shown that the currents in the pressureless plasma outside the main column fall of sharply in the outer layers. Emission of X-rays occurs several μs after the start of the main discharge and is strongly dependent on initial conditions

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Imprint Title
Experiments on toroidal diffuse pinches
Imprint Pagination
3 p.
Report number
INIS-mf--3309

Conference

Title
3. Topical conference on pulsed high-beta plasmas.
Dates
Aug 1975.
Place
Culham, UK.

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Notes
10 refs., 2 figs.; for pts. II, III, IV, see RN 183485, RN 193485, RN 216336 resp.