Thermal-Barrier Production and Identification in a Tandem Mirror
- 20 August 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 53 (8), 783-786
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.53.783
Abstract
In thermal-barrier experiments in the tandem mirror experiment upgrade, axial confinement times of 50 to 100 ms have been achieved. During enhanced confinement we measured the thermal-barrier potential profile using a neutral-particle-beam probe. The experimental data agree qualitatively and quantitatively with the theory of thermal-barrier formation in a tandem mirror.Keywords
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