Experimental study of magnetic reconnection during the merging process of two colliding field reversed configurations

Xuan Sun, Munan Lin, Zhida Yang, Peiyun Shi

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Abstract

Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process in plasmas that can release magnetic energy via changing field line topology, resulting in a variety of violent phenomena. The reconnection has been extensively studied in low temperature experiments. Field reversed configuration (FRC) is a compact toroid with closed field geometry and is being pursued as an alternative fusion concept. We propose to use collision-merging FRC to study the reconnection in high parameter regime. Preliminary results from KMAX-FRC shows the evolution of field reversed configure measured by internal probe, and burst of light emission during merging taken by fast camera.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2019 21st International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages677-679
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781728105635
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event21st International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2019 - Granada, Spain
Duration: Sep 9 2019Sep 13 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2019 21st International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2019

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2019
Country/TerritorySpain
CityGranada
Period9/9/199/13/19

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Geophysics
  • Radiation
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Instrumentation

Keywords

  • Collision-merging
  • Evolution of magnetic field
  • Field Reversed Configuration
  • Magnetic Reconnection

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