RFP stability with a resistive shell in HBTX1C

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B. Alper · Culham Science Centre

M. K. Bevir · Culham Science Centre

H.A.B. Bodin · Culham Science Centre

C. A. Bunting · Culham Science Centre

P. G. Carolan · Culham Science Centre

J Cunnane · Culham Science Centre

Dain Evans ·

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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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Magnetic confinement fusion research Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics

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Published in: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volume 31, Issue 2, pp. 205-212

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

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RFP stability with a resistive shell in HBTX1C

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