Abstract
Coils misalignment in a magnetic mirror can produce additional particle transport. The magnetic field non axi-symmetry is responsible for radial and longitudinal drifts in a way much similar to the neo-classical transport in a tandem mirror cell distorted by end plugs. Accordingly, a regime exhibiting large radial displacements - similar to the resonant regime in tandem mirrors - can be obtained by confining ions azimuthally, for example by means of a properly tuned radial electric field. Because of the mass dependence of the magnetic field non-homogeneity drift velocities, the azimuthal trapping is mass specific, allowing, in principle, the filtering of a specific species based on its mass.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 112105 |
Journal | Physics of Plasmas |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2012 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Condensed Matter Physics