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Permanent URL	http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/1125
Title	The Topolotron: A High Beta Device with Topological Stability
BYU Creator	Brown, Keith H. Ferguson, H. R. P. Gardner, J. H. Knight, Larry V. Nelson, H. Mark
Keywords	topolotron; topology; structural stability; magnetic confinement; limit cycles
Description/Abstract	The concept of topological or structural stability is introduced and its importance in the magnetic confinement of plasmas is discussed. Topological stability requires the presence of a pair of limit cycles in the magnetic field configuration. This paper deals with the design of an experimental device possessing limit cycles. The design includes a high beta (b=1), high density (10^16), hot (100 eV) hydrogen plasma which is to be compressed by a factor of about 5 in a torodial device of 25 cm average major radius with a capacitor bank rise time of less than 2 µsec. Two shaped toroidal coils with opposing currents ant the poloidal compression coils have been designed to give a pressure balance equilibrium and establish the limit cycles. This device could be used to determine the physical significance of topological stability in plasma confinement.
Source	Brown, K. H., et al. "The Topolotron: A High Beta Device with Topological Stability." Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on 4.3 (1976): 162-5;
Publisher	IEEE
Date Original	1976-09
Language	English eng en
Publication Type	Peer-Reviewed Articles
Type	Text
Format	application/pdf
Owning Institution	Brigham Young University
BYU College	Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology
BYU Department	Electrical and Computer Engineering
Copyright Status	(c) 1976 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or to reuse any copyrighted component of this work in other works must be obtained from the IEEE.;
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