High. beta. studies in the Wisconsin Toroidal Octupole [electronic resource]

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Online Access:	Online Access
Corporate Author:	University of Wisconsin--Madison (Researcher)
Format:	Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Department of Energy. ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Department of Energy, 1980.
Subjects:	Ballooning Instability. Octupolar Configurations. Plasma Macroinstabilities. Beta Ratio. High-Beta Plasma. Tokamak Devices. Closed Configurations. Closed Plasma Devices. Instability. Magnetic Field Configurations. Multipolar Configurations. Plasma. Plasma Instability. Thermonuclear Devices. Plasma Physics And Fusion Technology.

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Abstract:	A wide range of MHD stable high ..beta.. plasmas is produced in the Wisconsin Levitated Octupole. At or near the single fluid regime we obtain, in the bad curvature region, ..beta.. = nk(T/sub e/ + T/sub i/)8..pi../B/sup 2/ approx. = 8%, twice the theoretical single fluid ballooning instability limit of 4%. We also obtain stable plasmas at ..beta.. approx. = 35%, 9 times the theoretical limit, in a regime in which both finite ion gyroradius and gyroviscosity effects are important.
Item Description:	Published through SciTech Connect. 09/01/1980. "doe/et/53051-9" Strait, E. J.; Zarnstorff, M. C.; Prager, S. C.; Post, R. S.; Halle, J. H.; Kellman, A.
Physical Description:	Pages: 18 : digital, PDF file.

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