First Plasma in the RT-1 Device

The first plasma experiment using the Ring Trap-1 (RT-1) was performed on January 12, 2006. The RT-1 is a novel plasma device constructed to explore ways to the advanced-fuel fusion. The mechanism of plasma confinement is based on the theory of high-beta equilibrium that is self-organized in a flowi...

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Published in:Plasma and Fusion Research 2006, Vol.1, pp.008-008
Main Authors: YOSHIDA, Zensho, OGAWA, Yuichi, MORIKAWA, Junji, WATANABE, Sho, YANO, Yoshihisa, MIZUMAKI, Shoichi, TOSAKA, Taizo, OHTANI, Yasumi, HAYAKAWA, Atsuro, SHIBUI, Masanao
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Language:English
Subjects:
Confinement
Construction
Devices
double beltrami field
Electron cyclotron heating
flowing plasma
high Tc superconductor
high-beta plasma
Magnetic fields
Microwaves
Superconductivity
Vacuum chambers
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Summary:The first plasma experiment using the Ring Trap-1 (RT-1) was performed on January 12, 2006. The RT-1 is a novel plasma device constructed to explore ways to the advanced-fuel fusion. The mechanism of plasma confinement is based on the theory of high-beta equilibrium that is self-organized in a flowing plasma. A superconducting ring, levitated in the vacuum chamber, produces a magnetic field that traps high-temperature plasma, creating a magnetosphere-like configuration. Plasma is produced by electron cyclotron heating using an 8.2 GHz microwave.
ISSN:1880-6821
1880-6821
DOI:10.1585/pfr.1.008