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The Topolotron: A High Beta Device With Topological Stability, Keith H. Brown, H. R. P. Ferguson, J. H. Gardner, Larry V. Knight, H. Mark Nelson
The Topolotron: A High Beta Device With Topological Stability, Keith H. Brown, H. R. P. Ferguson, J. H. Gardner, Larry V. Knight, H. Mark Nelson
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The concept of topological or structural stability is introduced and its importance in the magnetic confinement of plasmas is discussed. Topological stability requires the presence of a pair of limit cycles in the magnetic field configuration. This paper deals with the design of an experimental device possessing limit cycles. The design includes a high beta (b=1), high density (10^16), hot (100 eV) hydrogen plasma which is to be compressed by a factor of about 5 in a torodial device of 25 cm average major radius with a capacitor bank rise time of less than 2 µsec. Two shaped toroidal coils …