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A spheromak is a (self-sustaining) toroidal confinement configuration without a central conductor - hence different from a spherical tokamak, which is a very low [[toroidal coordinates|aspect ratio]] [[tokamak]]. | A spheromak<ref>P.M. Bellan, ''Spheromaks: a practical application of magnetohydrodynamic dynamos and plasma self-organization'', {{ISBN|9781860941412}}</ref> is a (self-sustaining) toroidal confinement configuration without a central conductor - hence different from a spherical tokamak, which is a very low [[toroidal coordinates|aspect ratio]] [[tokamak]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:31, 26 January 2023
A spheromak[1] is a (self-sustaining) toroidal confinement configuration without a central conductor - hence different from a spherical tokamak, which is a very low aspect ratio tokamak.
See also
References
- ↑ P.M. Bellan, Spheromaks: a practical application of magnetohydrodynamic dynamos and plasma self-organization, ISBN 9781860941412
- ↑ E.B. Hooper, R.H. Bulmer, B.I. Cohen, et al., Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment (SSPX): design and physics results, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 54 (2012) 113001
- ↑ D.A. Sutherland, T.R. Jarboe, K.D. Morgan, et al., The dynomak: An advanced spheromak reactor concept with imposed-dynamo current drive and next-generation nuclear power technologies, Fusion Engineering and Design 89, 4 (2014) 412–425