Proof-of-principle experiment on control of ion flow and ion heating during magnetic reconnection

Magnetic reconnection of two merging toroids was used to accelerate and heat plasma particles in a TS‐3 device. External application of an electric field by an ohmic heating coil, which was located along the center axis of the device, to the reconnection area was found to be useful for varying the i...

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Published inElectrical engineering in Japan Vol. 148; no. 3; pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors Murata, Yukihiro, Ono, Yasushi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.08.2004
Subjects
ion outflow control
magnetic reconnection
nonthermal plasma
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Summary:Magnetic reconnection of two merging toroids was used to accelerate and heat plasma particles in a TS‐3 device. External application of an electric field by an ohmic heating coil, which was located along the center axis of the device, to the reconnection area was found to be useful for varying the ion speed from zero to 20 km/s and the ion heating from 10 to 90 eV. The preferential ion acceleration/heating of reconnection enables us to produce new processing plasma with an arbitrary ion temperature. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 148(3): 1–6, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.10336
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ISSN:0424-7760
1520-6416
DOI:10.1002/eej.10336