Teodorescu, C.Young, W. C.Swan, G. W. S.Ellis, R. F.Hassam, A. B.Romero-Talamás, Carlos2024-01-242024-01-242010-08-17Teodorescu, C., W. C. Young, G. W. S. Swan, R. F. Ellis, A. B. Hassam, and C. A. Romero-Talamas. “Confinement of Plasma along Shaped Open Magnetic Fields from the Centrifugal Force of Supersonic Plasma Rotation.” Physical Review Letters 105, no. 8 (August 17, 2010): 085003. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.085003.https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.085003http://hdl.handle.net/11603/31459Interferometric density measurements in plasmas rotating in shaped, open magnetic fields demonstrate strong confinement of plasma parallel to the magnetic field, with density drops of more than a factor of 10. Taken together with spectroscopic measurements of supersonic E × B rotation of sonic Mach 2, these measurements are in agreement with ideal MHD theory which predicts large parallel pressure drops balanced by centrifugal forces in supersonically rotating plasmas.4 pagesen-US© 2010 The American Physical SocietyText