Discussion of criteria for evaluating initial TMX experiments
Description
The purpose of this report is to define and discuss the initial results from the Tandem Mirror Experiment (TMX) at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLL) which may be used to evaluate whether the basic tandem mirror (TM) concept is working as expected. The purpose of TMX, the first significant size tandem mirror device to operate in this country or elsewhere, is to provide a proof-of-principle evaluation of the TM concept as rapidly as possible. Preliminary results from the only other tandem mirror facility in operation, the Gamma-6 facility at Nagoya University in Japan (which is much smaller), indicate that no gross MHD instabilities are present at the densities and temperatures obtained in that machine, and that the axial electrostatic potential profile is formed as expected
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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS., PC A03/MF A01.
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 33 p.
- Report number
- DOE/ET--0115/1
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 11515299
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CONFINEMENT; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE; PLANNING; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; REVIEWS; TMX DEVICES
- Descriptors DEC
- DOCUMENT TYPES; INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA INSTABILITY; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES