Improved magnetic field generation efficiency and higher temperature spheromak plasmas
| dc.contributor.author | Wood, R.D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hill, D.N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | McLean, H.S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hooper, E.B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hudson, B.F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Moller, J.M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Romero-Talamás, Carlos | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-24T10:53:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-01-24T10:53:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-12-30 | |
| dc.description.abstract | New understanding of the mechanisms governing the observed magnetic field generation limits on the sustained spheromak physics experiment has been obtained. Extending the duration of magnetic helicity injection during the formation of a spheromak and optimizing the ratio of injected current to bias flux produce higher magnetic field plasmas with record spheromak electron temperatures. To explore magnetic field buildup efficiency limits, the confinement region geometry was varied resulting in improved field buildup efficiencies. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The authors gratefully acknowledge D.D. Ryutov, B.I. Cohen, T.K. Fowler and L.L. Lodestro and thank R.W. Geer, R.O. Kemptner and S.R. Gordon for machine and diagnostic operation. This work was performed under the auspices of the US Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344. | |
| dc.description.uri | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0029-5515/49/2/025001/meta | |
| dc.format.extent | 5 pages | |
| dc.genre | journal articles | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Wood, R. D., D. N. Hill, H. S. McLean, E. B. Hooper, B. F. Hudson, J. M. Moller, and C. A. Romero-Talamás. “Improved Magnetic Field Generation Efficiency and Higher Temperature Spheromak Plasmas.” Nuclear Fusion 49, no. 2 (December 2008): 025001. https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/49/2/025001. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/49/2/025001 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/31455 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | IOP | |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Mechanical Engineering Department Collection | |
| dc.rights | This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law. | |
| dc.rights | Public Domain Mark 1.0 | en |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ | |
| dc.title | Improved magnetic field generation efficiency and higher temperature spheromak plasmas | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6830-3126 |