Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/DEIV.1996.545401
