RFP stability with a resistive shell in HBTX1C

B Alper; M K Bevir; H A B Bodin; C A Bunting; P G Carolan; J Cunnane; D E Evans; C G Gimblett; R J Hayden; T C Hender; A Lazaros; R W Moses; A A Newton; P G Noonan; R Paccagnella; A Patel; H Y W Tsui; P D Wilcock

doi:10.1088/0741-3335/31/2/006

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

RFP stability with a resistive shell in HBTX1C

B Alper¹, M K Bevir¹, H A B Bodin¹, C A Bunting¹, P G Carolan¹, J Cunnane¹, D E Evans¹, C G Gimblett¹, R J Hayden¹, T C Hender¹, A Lazaros¹, R W Moses¹, A A Newton¹, P G Noonan¹, R Paccagnella¹, A Patel¹, H Y W Tsui¹ and P D Wilcock¹

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Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Volume 31, Number 2 Citation B Alper et al 1989 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 31 205 DOI 10.1088/0741-3335/31/2/006

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Results are presented from thin (resistive) shell experiments on HBTX and compared with theoretical (linear and non-linear) studies of the plasma stability. Current pulses of 3-5 ms are obtained, compared with the shell time constant for vertical field penetration of 0.5 ms. Theoretically predicted thin shell modes, phase locked to the wall, are prominent experimentally.

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