Measurement of Shorting Currents from a Theta-Pinch Plasma

K. S. Thomas

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.746

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Measurement of Shorting Currents from a Theta-Pinch Plasma

K. S. Thomas

Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, University of California, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 23, 746 – Published 6 October, 1969

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.23.746

Abstract

Shorting currents from a theta-pinch plasma were measured by observing the azimuthal magnetic field, $B_{θ}$ , outside the compression coil. The total current and the radial distribution of the current agree well with values predicted by a theoretical rigid-rotor model.

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V. A. Finlayson, thesis, University of Utah, 1969 (unpublished) Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Report No. LA-4042, 1968 (unpublished)
R. H. Lovberg, in Plasma Diagnostic Techniques, edited by R. H. Huddlestone and S. L. Leonard (Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1965)
R. L. Morse, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Report No. LA-3844-MS, 1969 (unpublished)
R. L. Morse and J. P. Friedberg, "Rigid Drift Model of High-Temperature Plasma Containment" Phys. Fluids (to be published)

[c1] V. A. Finlayson, thesis, University of Utah, 1969 (unpublished) Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Report No. LA-4042, 1968 (unpublished)

[c2] R. H. Lovberg, in Plasma Diagnostic Techniques, edited by R. H. Huddlestone and S. L. Leonard (Academic Press, Inc., New York, 1965)

[c3] R. L. Morse, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory Report No. LA-3844-MS, 1969 (unpublished)

[c4] R. L. Morse and J. P. Friedberg, "Rigid Drift Model of High-Temperature Plasma Containment" Phys. Fluids (to be published)

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