STUDY OF THE LOW ASPECT RATIO LIMIT TOKAMAK IN THE HEIDELBERG SPHEROMAK EXPERIMENT

被引:18
作者
BRUHNS, H [1 ]
BRENDEL, R [1 ]
RAUPP, G [1 ]
STEIGER, J [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV HEIDELBERG,INST ANGEWANDTE PHYS 2,D-6900 HEIDELBERG,FED REP GER
关键词
PLASMAS;
D O I
10.1088/0029-5515/27/12/017
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
A vacuum toroidal field has been superimposed on a spheromak by means of an axial conductor. It has been observed that the resulting configuration corresponds to a tokamak with limiting low aspect ratio, i. e. a spherical torus with aspect ratio 1. 1. The corresponding spheromak is unstable to n equals 1 tilt and shift modes, but this tokamak configuration is found to be globally stable without additional passive stabilization.
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