Published March 1997
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Journal article
Drift Motion of Field-Reversed-Configuration Plasma across a Curved Magnetic Field
Creators
- 1. Plasma Physics Laboratory, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565 (Japan)
Description
We report the first observation of the behavior of a field-reversed-configuration (FRC) plasma translated into a curved magnetic field Bcur. The FRC shows a unique behavior in Bcur. The plasma splits into two parts: one is a bulk plasma confined in a field-reversed magnetic geometry, deflecting strongly across Bcur despite βE (the ratio of directed to transverse magnetic-field energy density) >1; the other is probably a peripheral plasma outside the separatrix, propagating rigidly along Bcur. This motion of the FRC may be due to ExB drifting, rather than displacement of the vacuum field by diamagnetic currents. copyright 1997 The American Physical Society
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 78
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1916-1919.
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 28070154
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- BEAM INJECTION; BEAM TRANSPORT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY DENSITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; PLASMA; PLASMA DRIFT; PLASMA PRESSURE; POLARIZATION; REVERSED-FIELD PINCH DEVICES; TRANSVERSE ENERGY; WAVE PROPAGATION
- Descriptors DEC
- CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; ENERGY; KINETIC ENERGY; PINCH DEVICES; RADIATIONS; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TOROIDAL PINCH DEVICES