Equilibrium and Stability of Partial Toroidal Plasma Discharges
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The equilibrium and stability of partial toroidal flux ropes are studied in detail in the laboratory, motivated by ubiquitous loop structures on the solar surface. The flux ropes studied here are magnetized arc discharges formed in the Magnetic Reconnection Experiment (MRX). It is found that these loops robustly maintain their equilibrium on time scales much longer than the Alfven time over a wide range of plasma current, guide eld strength, and angle between electrodes, even in the absence of …
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Date:
January 4, 2011
Creator:
E. Oz, C. E. Myers, M. Yamada, H. Ji, R. Kulsrud, and J. Xie
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