Spectroscopic Flow And Ion Temperature Studies Of A Large s FRC
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2007
Published In
Journal Of Fusion Energy
Abstract
The Swarthmore Spheromak Experiment (SSX) produces a large s FRC by merging counter-helicity spheromaks within a cylindrical flux conserver. Past results have shown that the toroidal fields in each spheromak do not annihilate even after the poloidal flux appears to have completely reconnected. This would suggest a radially directed current density at the midplane, and therefore a radially sheared azimuthal component of J × B. In contrast, fast high resolution spectroscopic measurements indicate that flow at the midplane is small (u < < v A ) and there is little shear.
Keywords
Magnetic confinement; field reversed configuration; spheromak merging
Recommended Citation
C. D. Cothran et al.
(2007).
"Spectroscopic Flow And Ion Temperature Studies Of A Large s FRC".
Journal Of Fusion Energy.
Volume 26,
Issue 1.
37-41.
DOI: 10.1007/s10894-006-9045-2
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-physics/274
