Dipole Trapped Spheromak In A Prolate Flux Conserver

Authors

Michael R. Brown, Swarthmore CollegeFollow
C. D. Cothran
Jerome Fung , '06
M. Chang
Jason Alexander Horwitz , '07Follow
M. J. Schaffer
J. Leuer
E. V. Belova

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2006

Published In

Physics Of Plasmas

Abstract

This paper reports the observation and characterization of a spheromak formed in the Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment (SSX, [M. R. Brown, Phys. Plasmas 6, 1717 (1999)]) and trapped in a simple dipole magnetic field. The spheromak is studied in a prolate (tilt unstable) 0.4 m diameter, 0.6 m length copper flux conserver in SSX. This plasma does not 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, and interferometry for n(e). Three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamics simulations of this configuration verify its gross sta-bility. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.

Comments

This work is freely available courtesy of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics and the American Institute of Physics.

Recommended Citation

Michael R. Brown et al. (2006). "Dipole Trapped Spheromak In A Prolate Flux Conserver". Physics Of Plasmas. Volume 13, Issue 10. DOI: 10.1063/1.2356690
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-physics/107