Power-crowbar impacts on plasma characteristics in ZT-40 [electronic resource]
Detailed analysis of the impact of I/sub phi/ and I/sub theta/ power crowbars on the ZT-40 plasma is presented for the operational period between shots 1620-3600. It is demonstrated that in both aided- and self-reversed modes the main effect of the I/sub phi/ power crowbar is to lengthen the time to...
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Los Alamos, N.M. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. :
Los Alamos National Laboratory ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy,
1981.
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| Summary: | Detailed analysis of the impact of I/sub phi/ and I/sub theta/ power crowbars on the ZT-40 plasma is presented for the operational period between shots 1620-3600. It is demonstrated that in both aided- and self-reversed modes the main effect of the I/sub phi/ power crowbar is to lengthen the time to l/e of peak current, whereas the main effect of the I/sub theta/ power crowbar is to extend the reversal of B/sub phi/ at the wall, primarily in self-reversed operation. It is shown that this extension has the effect of also decreasing the current decay rate to the point where no distinction is seen between the two modes. A saturation is seen in the decay time (tau/sub l/e/ less than or equal to 0.4 ms) once the field reversal in either mode exceeds approximately 0.3 ms. Possible physical explanations of these effects are discussed. |
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| Item Description: | Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information. 07/01/1981. "la-8914-ms" "DE81027935" Watt, R.G. |
| Physical Description: | Pages: 8 : digital, PDF file. |