Rotating plasma in a closed magnetic trap

Author

Abramova, K.B. ; Galechayn, G.A. ; Lev, M.L. ; Voronin, A.V.

Author_Institution

A.F. Ioffe Physicotech. Inst., Acad. of Sci., St. Petersburg, Russia

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

21-26 Jul 1996

Firstpage

459

Abstract

Results of investigation of rotating plasma in crossed magnetic and electric fields are presented. Combination of efficient heating and confinement in the Tornado closed magnetic trap permits hot, dense, stable, clean hydrogen plasma rotating with a velocity 10 times higher then the critical one to be obtained. This device seems to be important not only for fundamental research but also for practical purposes, such as neutron source, particle centrifuge or accelerator of dense plasma

Keywords

hydrogen; magnetic traps; plasma density; plasma flow; plasma instability; plasma temperature; Tornado closed magnetic trap; clean hydrogen plasma; crossed magnetic/electric fields; dense plasma; dense plasma accelerator; hot plasma; magnetic isolation; neutron source; particle centrifuge; plasma confinement; rotating plasma; stable plasma; Heating; Hydrogen; Magnetic confinement; Plasma accelerators; Plasma confinement; Plasma density; Plasma devices; Plasma sources; Plasma stability; Tornadoes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Discharges and Electrical Insulation in Vacuum, 1996. Proceedings. ISDEIV., XVIIth International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Berkeley, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2906-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEIV.1996.545401

Filename

545401