Published June 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Review of the Reversed Field Pinch research

  • 1. Electrotechnical Lab., Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)

Description

Recent results of the Reversed Field Pinch (RFP) research are reviewed. Characteristics and present problematic issues of RFP are summarized and a short introduction to the theoretical bases of RFP is presented. Recent experimental status of RFP is summarized, such as long discharge duration (>80 ms), high electron temperature (∼1 keV), anomalous ion heating, scaling laws, etc. Several topics are described in some detail, such as the loop voltage anomaly, equilibrium control and error field, mechanism of MHD dynamo-action and kinetic dynamo theory (high energy electron flow). (author) 120 refs

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Journal Title
Kaku Yugo Kenkyu
Journal Volume
65
Journal Issue
6
Series
Kaku Yugo Kenkyu.
Journal Page Range
601-635
ISSN
0451-2375
CODEN
KAKEA