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The Search for Reconnection and Helicity During Formation of a Bounded Spheromak

Recent results from investigations using insertable magnetic probes at the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment (SSPX) [E. B. Hooper et al., Nucl. Fusion 39, 863 (1999)] are presented. Experiments were carried out during pre-programmed, constant amplitude coaxial gun current pulses, where magnetic field increases stepwise with every pulse, but eventually saturates. Magnetic traces from the probe, which is electrically isolated from the plasma and spans the flux conserver radius, indicate ther… more

Date: April 30, 2007

Creator: Romero-Talamas, C. A.; McLean, H. S.; Hooper, E. B.; Wood, R. D.; LoDestro, L. L. & Moller, J. M.

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Reactor Opportunities for the Spheromak

Experimental results from the Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment, SSPX, are reviewed and applied to published reactor configurations. The results include several important features, including low fluctuation levels, (apparent) good magnetic flux surfaces, and moderate beta. Additional features needed for an attractive reactor but not yet demonstrated experimentally are identified by comparison with the reactor designs, and possible alternatives to a fully steady-state device are discussed.

Date: April 18, 2003

Creator: Hooper, E. B.; Bulmer, R. H.; Fowler, T. K.; Hill, D. N.; McLean, H. S.; Romero-Talamas, C. A. et al.