The Topolotron: A High Beta Device with Topological Stability

Autor:	K. H. Brown, L. V. Knight, J. H. Gardner, H. M. Nelson, H. R. P. Ferguson
Rok vydání:	1976
Předmět:	Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics Toroid Condensed matter physics Magnetic confinement fusion Plasma Condensed Matter Physics Topology Magnetic field Physics::Plasma Physics Structural stability Beta (plasma physics) Limit (mathematics) Plasma stability
Zdroj:	IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 4:162-165
ISSN:	1939-9375 0093-3813
DOI:	10.1109/tps.1976.4316958
Popis:	The concept of topological or structural stability is introduced and its importance in the magnetic confinement of plasmas is discussed. Topological stability requires the presence of a pair of limit cycles in the magnetic field configuration. This paper deals with the design of an experimental device possessing limit cycles. The design includes a high beta (s ? 1), high density (~1016), hot (~100 eV) hygrogen plasma which is to be compressed by a factor of about 5 in a toroidal device of 25 cm average major radius with a capacitor bank rise time of less than 2 ?sec. Two shaped toroidal coils with opposing currents and the poloidal compression coils have been designed to give a pressure balance equilibrium and establish the limit cycles. This device could be used to determine the physical significance of topological stability in plasma confinement.
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