Published March 1981
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Reconnection conditions for flowing field-reversed plasma from a plasma gun
Description
Although various theoretical models are known for magnetic reconnection, none of them are applicable to the BETA-II experiment because they do not model the plasma flow conditions. The coaxial gun produces a plasma stream with an axial velocity of approx. 108 cm/sec. In the plasma rest frame an aperture or snipper coil would appear to move in the opposite direction at this same velocity. A more suitable model for the BETA-II reconnection problem was formulated based on the equations of fluid flow through a nozzle
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings on the US-Japan joint symposium on compact toruses and energetic particle injection
- Journal Page Range
- p. 61-64.
- Report number
- PPPL--1755
Conference
- Title
- Symposium on compact toruses and energetic particle injection.
- Dates
- 11 - 14 Dec 1979.
- Place
- Princeton, NJ, USA.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 12625919
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD REVERSAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA BEAM INJECTION; PLASMA GUNS; 2X DEVICES
- Descriptors DEC
- BEAM INJECTION; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES