Formation of a long-lived hot field reversed configuration by dynamically merging two colliding high-beta compact toroids

Guo, Hy; Binderbauer, Mw; Barnes, D; Putvinski, S; Rostoker, N; Sevier, L; Tuszewski, M; Anderson, Mg; Andow, R; Bonelli, L; Brandi, F; Brown, R; Bui, Dq; Bystritskii, V; Ceccherini, F; Clary, R; Cheung, Ah; Conroy, Kd; Deng, Bh; Dettrick, Sa; Douglass, Jd; Feng, P; Galeotti, L; Garate, E; Giammanco, Francesco; Glass, Fj; Gornostaeva, O; Gota, H; Gupta, D; Gupta, S; Kinley, Js; Knapp, K; Korepanov, S; Hollins, M; Isakov, I; Jose, Va; Li, Xl; Luo, Y; Marsili, P; Mendoza, R; Meekins, M; Mok, Y; Necas, A; Paganini, E; Pegoraro, Francesco; Pousa Hijos, R; Primavera, S; Ruskov, E; Qerushi, A; Schmitz, L; Schroeder, Jh; Sibley, A; Smirnov, A; Song, Y; Steinhauer, Lc; Sun, X; Thompson, Mc; Van Drie AD,; Walters, Jk; Wyman, Md

doi:10.1063/1.3574380

A high temperature field reversed configuration (FRC) has been produced in the newly built, world's largest compact toroid (CT) facility, C-2, by colliding and merging two high-beta CTs produced using the advanced field-reversed theta-pinch technology. This long-lived, stable merged state exhibits the following key properties: (1) apparent increase in the poloidal flux from the first pass to the final merged state, (2) significantly improved confinement compared to conventional theta-pinch FRCs with flux decay rates approaching classical values in some cases, (3) strong conversion from kinetic energy into thermal energy with total temperature (T(e)+T(i)) exceeding 0.5 keV, predominantly into the ion channel. Detailed modeling using a new 2-D resistive magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code, LamyRidge, has demonstrated, for the first time, the formation, translation, and merging/reconnection dynamics of such extremely high-beta plasmas. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3574380]

Autori:	Guo HY Binderbauer MW Barnes D Putvinski S Rostoker N Sevier L Tuszewski M Anderson MG Andow R Bonelli L Brandi F Brown R Bui DQ Bystritskii V Ceccherini F Clary R Cheung AH Conroy KD Deng BH Dettrick SA Douglass JD Feng P Galeotti L Garate E GIAMMANCO, FRANCESCO Glass FJ Gornostaeva O Gota H Gupta D Gupta S Kinley JS Knapp K Korepanov S Hollins M Isakov I Jose VA Li XL Luo Y Marsili P Mendoza R Meekins M Mok Y Necas A Paganini E PEGORARO, FRANCESCO Pousa Hijos R Primavera S Ruskov E Qerushi A Schmitz L Schroeder JH Sibley A Smirnov A Song Y Steinhauer LC Sun X Thompson MC Van Drie AD Walters JK Wyman MD mostra contributor esterni nascondi contributor esterni
Autori:	Guo HY; Binderbauer MW; Barnes D; Putvinski S; Rostoker N; Sevier L; Tuszewski M; Anderson MG; Andow R; Bonelli L; Brandi F; Brown R; Bui DQ; Bystritskii V; Ceccherini F; Clary R; Cheung AH; Conroy KD; Deng BH; Dettrick SA; Douglass JD; Feng P; Galeotti L; Garate E; Giammanco F; Glass FJ; Gornostaeva O; Gota H; Gupta D; Gupta S; Kinley JS; Knapp K; Korepanov S; Hollins M; Isakov I; Jose VA; Li XL; Luo Y; Marsili P; Mendoza R; Meekins M; Mok Y; Necas A; Paganini E; Pegoraro F; Pousa-Hijos R; Primavera S; Ruskov E; Qerushi A; Schmitz L; Schroeder JH; Sibley A; Smirnov A; Song Y; Steinhauer LC; Sun X; Thompson MC; Van Drie AD; Walters JK; Wyman MD
Titolo:	Formation of a long-lived hot field reversed configuration by dynamically merging two colliding high-beta compact toroids
Anno del prodotto:	2011
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1063/1.3574380
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