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[[File:TJII_model.jpg|500px|thumb|right|TJ-II Model]] | |||
TJ-II is a flexible Heliac installed at Spain's [[Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión|National Fusion Laboratory]]. | TJ-II is a flexible Heliac installed at Spain's [[Laboratorio Nacional de Fusión|National Fusion Laboratory]]. | ||
It is one of Spain's [http://univ.micinn.fecyt.es/ciencia/jsp/plantilla.jsp?area=instalaciones&id=21 Large Scientific Installations]. | It is one of Spain's [http://univ.micinn.fecyt.es/ciencia/jsp/plantilla.jsp?area=instalaciones&id=21 Large Scientific Installations]. | ||
It is currently operational. | It is currently operational. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
[[File:TJ-II_3D_perspective.jpg|300px|thumb|right|TJ-II perspective view]] | |||
In TJ-II, the magnetic trap is obtained by means of various sets of coils that completely determine the magnetic surfaces before plasma initiation. The toroidal field is created by 32 coils. The tree-dimensional twist of the central axis of the configuration is generated by means of two central coils: one circular and one helical. The horizontal position of the plasma is controlled by the vertical field coils. The combined action of these magnetic fields generate bean-shaped magnetic surfaces that guide the particles of the plasma so that they do not collide with the vacuum vessel wall. | In TJ-II, the magnetic trap is obtained by means of various sets of coils that completely determine the magnetic surfaces before plasma initiation. The toroidal field is created by 32 coils. The tree-dimensional twist of the central axis of the configuration is generated by means of two central coils: one circular and one helical. The horizontal position of the plasma is controlled by the vertical field coils. The combined action of these magnetic fields generate bean-shaped magnetic surfaces that guide the particles of the plasma so that they do not collide with the vacuum vessel wall. | ||
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The objective of the experimental program of TJ-II is to investigate the physics of a device with a helical magnetic axis having a great flexibility in its magnetic configuration, and to contribute to the international effort regarding the study of magnetic confinement devices for fusion. | The objective of the experimental program of TJ-II is to investigate the physics of a device with a helical magnetic axis having a great flexibility in its magnetic configuration, and to contribute to the international effort regarding the study of magnetic confinement devices for fusion. | ||
== Operation == | == Operation == | ||