Non-inductive current generation in NSTX using coaxial helicity injection

R. Raman; T. R. Jarboe; D. Mueller; M. J. Schaffer; R. Maqueda; B. A. Nelson; S. A. Sabbagh; M. G. Bell; R. Ewig; E. D. Fredrickson; D. A. Gates; J. C. Hosea; S. C. Jardin; H. Ji; R. Kaita; S. M. Kaye; H. W. Kugel; L. L. Lao; R. Maingi; J. Menard; M. Ono; D. Orvis; F. Paoletti; S. F. Paul; Y. K.M. Peng; C. H. Skinner; J. B. Wilgen; S. J. Zweben

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Non-inductive current generation in NSTX using coaxial helicity injection

R. Raman, T. R. Jarboe, D. Mueller, M. J. Schaffer, R. Maqueda, B. A. Nelson, S. A. Sabbagh, M. G. Bell, R. Ewig, E. D. Fredrickson, D. A. Gates, J. C. Hosea, S. C. Jardin, H. Ji, R. Kaita, S. M. Kaye, H. W. Kugel, L. L. Lao, R. Maingi, J. MenardM. Ono, D. Orvis, F. Paoletti, S. F. Paul, Y. K.M. Peng, C. H. Skinner, J. B. Wilgen, S. J. Zweben

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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)
Pages (from-to)	1081-1086
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nuclear Fusion
Volume	41
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/41/8/311
State	Published - Aug 2001

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Condensed Matter Physics

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Raman, R., Jarboe, T. R., Mueller, D., Schaffer, M. J., Maqueda, R., Nelson, B. A., Sabbagh, S. A., Bell, M. G., Ewig, R., Fredrickson, E. D., Gates, D. A., Hosea, J. C., Jardin, S. C., Ji, H., Kaita, R., Kaye, S. M., Kugel, H. W., Lao, L. L., Maingi, R., ... Zweben, S. J. (2001). Non-inductive current generation in NSTX using coaxial helicity injection. Nuclear Fusion, 41(8), 1081-1086. https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/41/8/311

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