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I Furno1, T P Intrator, D D Ryutov
1Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop E526, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA. ivo.furno@epfl.ch
Abstract:
First experimental measurements are presented for the kink instability in a linear plasma column which is insulated from an axial boundary by finite sheath resistivity. An instability threshold below the classical Kruskal-Shafranov threshold, axially asymmetric mode structure, and rotation are observed. These are accurately reproduced by a recent kink theory, which includes axial plasma flow and one end of the plasma column that is free to move due to a non-line-tied boundary condition.
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