Abstract
A new concept for plasma heating using axial magnetic compression of a field reversedconfiguration (FRC) plasma is proposed. In this concept, the FRC plasma is compressed only axially,keeping the magnetic flux between the separatrix and the confining chamber (flux conserver) wallunchanged, while allowing the plasma to expand radially. A simple model based on an empiricalscaling law of FRC confinement and on the assumption that the compression is done adiabatically predicts that, in addition to heating the plasma, improved confinement will also be accomplished with this concept. This compression is done by energizing segmented mirror coils successively in such a way as to decrease the length of the confinement region between the coils. The apparatus for this axial compression was developed and an experiment was carried out. In this experiment the plasma was compressed by about 30% and the plasma lifetime of about 500 μs was increased by about 50 μs.
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