PLASMA TRANSPORT AND STABILITY IN A 'MINIMUM-B' MAGNETIC FIELD.
Abstract
The report covers the second year's effort under a program of research into fusion-plasma containment, transport and stability in which a relatively small, versatile, accessible and inexpensive thermally-ionized cesium plasma is used as an experimental simulant for a hot fusion plasma. The characteristics of the simulant plasma and the basis of simulation have been presented earlier; this report will cover the detailed investigation of 'anomalous' plasma transport in the simulant plasma of the TOPSY Q-device-with special attention to a possible correlation of plasma transport and low-frequency plasma oscillations and to ionizer-temperature-gradient effects-in uniform axial and 'minimum-B magnetic field geometries, as well as some preliminary results of a continuing investigation into ion-velocity-anisotropy driven 'microinstabilities'. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0656341
Entities
People
- J. A. Decker
- P. J. Freyheit
- S. Gruber
- W. D. Mcbee
Organizations
- Sperry Corporation