A Proposed Experiment to Study Relaxation Formation of a Spherical Tokamak with a Plasma Center Column

Details A Proposed Experiment to Study Relaxation Formation of a Spherical Tokamak with a Plasma Center Column A Proposed Experiment to Study Relaxation Formation of a Spherical Tokamak with a Plasma Center Column

2006-05-19

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0605174v1

Journal of Fusion Energy 26, 85 (2007)

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Plasma Physics

2006 Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop Proceedings, submitted to J. Fusion Energy

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A spherical tokamak (ST) with a plasma center column (PCC) can be formed via driven magnetic relaxation of a screw pinch plasma. An ST-PCC could in principle eliminate many problems associated with a material center column, a key weakness of the ST reactor concept. This work summarizes the design space for an ST-PCC in terms of flux amplification, aspect ratio, and elongation, based on the zero-beta Taylor-relaxed analysis of Tang & Boozer [Phys. Plasmas 13, 042514 (2006)]. The paper will discuss (1) equilibrium and stability properties of the ST-PCC, (2) issues for an engineering design, and (3) key differences between the proposed ST-PCC and the ongoing Proto-Sphera effort in Italy.

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