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Spatial Separation of Molecular Conformers and Clusters
Published on: January 9, 2014
Evidence for separatrix formation and sustainment with steady inductive helicity injection
B S Victor1, T R Jarboe, A C Hossack
1University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA.
Abstract:
The first sustainment of toroidal plasma current of 50 kA at up to 3 times the injected currents, added in quadrature, using steady inductive helicity injection is described. Separatrix currents-currents not linking the helicity injectors-are sustained up to 40 kA. Decreases in the n=1 toroidal mode of the poloidal magnetic field at higher current amplifications indicate more quiescent, direct toroidal current drive. Results are achieved in HIT-SI (with a spheromak of major radius 0.3 m) during deuterium operations immediately after helium operation. These results represent a breakthrough in the development of this new current drive method for magnetic confinement fusion.
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