Abstract
Experiments conducted to produce megaGauss toroidal magnetic fields by flux compression are described. The possibility of intensifying the field by more than 20 times is shown experimentally. The experimental results are compared with theory. It has been shown previously experimentally that when compressing a longitudinal magnetic field by a liner which is also accelerated by magnetic pressure it is possible to obtain stable motion and good symmetry of the collapse [1–3]. These conditions are necessary for effective field intensification. However a configuration with closed lines of force is necessary from the viewpoint of the possibility of plasma containment and heating by a magnetic field. With this objective we examined the possibility of intensifying a toroidal field by magnetic flux compression.
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