Production of Plasma Currents Using Transverse Rotating Magnetic Fields

摘要

The current opinion amongst those working with conventionally generated reversed field pinches (RFP) is that it may be possible to sustain the RFP configuration by means of the self-reversal mechanism. This requires a steady low level of plasma turbulence in order to keep the mechanism operable. The author observes that the use of rotating fields should be just as effective in sustaining RFPs as in generating them. (Atomindex citation 10:489197)