Abstract
We report the observation and characterization of a spheromak formed in the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment (SSX) and trapped in a simple dipole magnetic field. The spheromak is studied in the prolate (tilt unstable) 0.4 m diameter, L= 0.6 m length copper flux conserver in SSX. This configuration is stable to the tilt, despite the prolate flux conserver. The spheromak is characterized by a suite of magnetic probe arrays for magnetic structure B(r,t), ion Doppler spectroscopy for T i and flow, interferometry for n e , and soft X-ray analysis for T e . Three dimensional MHD simulations of this configuration verify its gross stability.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 31-35 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Fusion Energy |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2007 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Keywords
- Dipole
- Magnetic confinement
- Spheromak
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