New mode of operating a magnetized coaxial plasma gun for injecting magnetic helicity into a Spheromak

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2003, Pages

  Woodruff, S ^a   Hill, D N ^a   Stallard, B W ^a   Bulmer, R ^a   Cohen, B ^a   Holcomb, C T ^a   Hooper, E B ^a   McLean, H S ^a   Moller, J ^a   Wood, R D ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INTERFEROMETERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; SOLENOIDS; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

MAGNETIC HELICITY; MAGNETIZED COAXIAL PLASMA GUN; SPHEROMAK;

PLASMA GUNS;

EID: 0037424190     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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