Simulation of spheromak evolution and energy confinement

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Cohen, B I ^a   Hooper, E B ^a   Cohen, R H ^a   Hill, D N ^a   McLean, H S ^a   Wood, R D ^a   Woodruff, S ^a   Sovinec, C R ^b   Cone, G A ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONFINEMENT; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; PLASMA GUN; SPHEROMAK EVOLUTION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 20844447350     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1869501     Document Type: Conference Paper

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