Published June 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Spontaneous appearance of toroidal field in field reversed configuration plasma

  • 1. Osaka Univ., Suita (Japan). Faculty of Engineering

Description

The field reversed configuration (FRC) plasma had been thought to have poloidal field only, but in this experiment, toroidal field was observed. We report magnetic probe measurements on our FIX machine, and the existence of toroidal field in the FRC plasma during its translation. The magnitude of the toroidal field is 100 ∼ 150 G at the peak, and the direction of the toroidal field is counterclockwise looking toward the θ-pinch region, irrespective of the direction of the external axial field. The obtained toroidal field has a direction opposite to the toroidal field in FRX-C/LSM. (author)

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Journal Title
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2
Journal Volume
30
Journal Issue
6,B
Series
Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., Part 2.
Journal Page Range
L1142-L1144
ISSN
0021-4922
CODEN
JAPLD