Abstract
Coaxial helicity injection (CHI) on the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) has produced 240 kA of toroidal current without the use of the central solenoid. Values of the current multiplication ratio (CHI produced toroidal current/injector current) up to 10 were obtained, in agreement with predictions. The discharges, which lasted for up to 200 ms, limited only by the programmed waveform, are more than an order of magnitude longer in duration than any CHI discharges previously produced in a spheromak or a spherical torus.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1081-1086 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Nuclear Fusion |
Volume | 41 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2001 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics