Magnetic Surface Visualizations in the Columbia Non-Neutral Torus

Visualizations of magnetic surfaces are a valuable diagnostic in the Columbia Non-neutral Torus (CNT). The CNT is a compact stellarator, which is currently being used to study non-neutral plasmas confined on magnetic surfaces. The full 3-D shapes of magnetic surfaces created by CNT's simple fou...

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Published inIEEE transactions on plasma science Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 1108 - 1109
Main Authors Brenner, P.W., Pedersen, T.S., Berkery, J.W., Marksteiner, Q.R., Hahn, M.S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.08.2008
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
3-D graphics
Boundaries
Coiling
Coils
Conduction
Diagnostic systems
Electrical equipment
Electron beams
Electrons
Geometry
Magnetic confinement
Magnetic fields
Magnetic surfaces
non-neutral
Plasma
Plasma confinement
Plasma diagnostics
Probes
Shape
stellarator
Stellarators
Topology
Visualization
non-neutral
visualization
Magnetic surfaces
stellarator
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Summary:Visualizations of magnetic surfaces are a valuable diagnostic in the Columbia Non-neutral Torus (CNT). The CNT is a compact stellarator, which is currently being used to study non-neutral plasmas confined on magnetic surfaces. The full 3-D shapes of magnetic surfaces created by CNT's simple four circular coil geometry are readily visualized by using an electron beam and neutral gas. These visualizations are useful for probe alignment and the confirmation of the magnetic surface topology, and they were necessary for the recent installation of a conducting boundary conforming to the last closed magnetic surface.
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ISSN:0093-3813
1939-9375
DOI:10.1109/TPS.2008.920215