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Formation of a field reversed configuration for magnetic and electrostatic confinement of plasma

  • US 7,126,284 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2004
  • Issued: 10/24/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of forming a field reversed configuration magnetic field within a chamber comprising the steps ofcreating a magnetic guide field in a chamber,injecting plasma into the chamber along field lines of the guide field,creating an azimuthal electric field within the chamber causing the plasma to rotate and form a poloidal magnetic self-field surrounding the plasma,increasing the rotational energy of the plasma to increase the magnitude of the self-field to a level that overcomes the magnitude of the guide field, andjoining field lines of the guide field and the self-field in a magnetic field having a field reverse configuration (FRC) topology.

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