 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
Return To: Session ICP - Innovative Concepts (Thursday, 22 October)
Prev Page: (ICP/07) Design Studies of Low-Aspect Ratio Quasi-Omnigenous Stellarators
Next Page: (ICP/11) Fast Heating of a Dense Plasma by
|
|
|
(This paper was rapporteured in lecture EX4/2)
J. Kesner and L. Bromberg
Plasma Science and Fusion Center MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
D. Garnier and M. Mauel
Department of Applied Physics, Columbia University New York,
NY 10027, USA
Abstract
A dipole fusion confinement device is stable to MHD
interchange and ballooning modes when the pressure profile is sufficiently
gentle. The plasma can be confined at high beta, is steady state and
disruption free. Theory indicates that when the pressure gradient is
sufficiently gentle to satisfy MHD requirements drift waves will also be
stable. The dipole approach is particularly applicable for advanced fuels. A
new experimental facility is presently being built to test the stability and
transport properties of a dipole-confined plasma .
IAEA 1999