Stable operation of an effectively axisymmetric neutral beam driven tandem mirror

Autor:	G. Dimonte, S. Falabella, A.W. Molvik, T. A. Casper, P.A. Pincosy, D.L. Correll, J.D. Barter, J. H. Foote, Dean A. Buchenauer
Rok vydání:	1990
Předmět:	Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics Tandem Mirror Experiment Gyroradius business.industry Cyclotron Rotational symmetry Plasma Condensed Matter Physics Curvature law.invention Ion Optics Physics::Plasma Physics law Physics::Space Physics Atomic physics business Beam (structure)
Zdroj:	Nuclear Fusion. 30:815-830
ISSN:	1741-4326 0029-5515
DOI:	10.1088/0029-5515/30/5/002
Popis:	A quiescent plasma is sustained for 80 energy confinement times by only gas fuelling and neutral beam heating in an axisymmetric region of the Tandem Mirror Experiment Upgrade (TMX-U). This plasma should be unstable because of the bad magnetic curvature and the absence of ion cyclotron heating which previously provided ponderomotive stabilization to sustain plasmas in bad-curvature regions of other axisymmetric mirror experiments. The TMX-U data are consistent with stabilization by a symbiosis between two mechanisms – line tying, which reduces the growth rate, and finite Larmor radius edge stabilization, which can result in quiescent operation.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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