Experimental study of curvature-driven flute instability in the gas-dynamic trap
Experimental study of curvature-driven flute instability in the gas-dynamic trap
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DOI：
10.1063/1.870704
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发表时间：
1994-05
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
A. Ivanov;A. Anikeev;P. Bagryansky;V. Bocharov;P. Deichuli;A. Karpushov;V. Maximov;A. A. Podminogin-A.-A.-Podm
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作者：
A. Ivanov;A. Anikeev;P. Bagryansky;V. Bocharov;P. Deichuli;A. Karpushov;V. Maximov;A. A. Podminogin-A.-A.-Podm
A curvature‐driven flute instability will be excited in the magnetized plasmas if the magnetic field lines curve toward the entire plasma boundary. Conditions under which it can be effectively stabilized in axisymmetric geometry have been experimentally studied in a gas‐dynamic trap (GDT) at Novosibirsk. Flexible design of the experimental device and the availability of neutral beams and ion cyclotron heating enabled the pressure‐weighted curvature to be varied over a wide range. The stability limits were thus measured and compared with those predicted by the modified Rosenbluth–Longmire criterion. Characteristics of unstable curvature‐driven flute modes were also measured and found to conform to a theory including finite ion Larmor radius (FLR) effects. Stable operation during neutral beam injection was achieved with a cusp end cell, resulting in an increase in Te to 45 eV, limited by end losses rather than anomalous power losses.
