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Resistive Instabilities and Transport Phenomena in Spheromak Plasma

Research Project

Project/Area Number 60580002
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field プラズマ理工学
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

KANEKO Shobu  Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo; Associate Professor, 工学部, 助教授 (70010717)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TAGICHI Masayoshi  Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo; Assistant, 工学部, 助手 (30154959)
Project Period (FY) 1985 – 1987
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1987)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000)
Fiscal Year 1987: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1986: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 1985: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
KeywordsSpheromak / Compact Toroid / MHD Equilibrium / MHD Stability / Resistive Instability / 輸送現象 / プラズマ / 閉じ込め / 安定性
Research Abstract

The stability analysis by the ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) plays an important role to investigate the resistive instabilities of a plasma. Hence, we need investigate the ideal MHD stability of the spheromak by use of a realistic model. The following investigations were made for this purpose.
1. We investigated how the Mercier criterion is useful to analyze the stability of the spheromak and found that it gives a good criterion for internal modes other than kink modes.
2. The flux conserver (FC) has a hole and a duct to introduce the plasma into it, and also has an external coil to close all the magnetic surfaces in FC. THE MHD equilibrium configurations in such a complex region are determined by using the boundary fitted curvilinear coordinate system. The stabilities of them are investigated by use of the Mercier criterion. As results of computations, we obtained the plasma confinement is improved considerably by the external coil current, and the improvement is larger when a center conductor is installed in FC. Experimental results show all the magnetic surfaces are surely closed when the external coil current is applied. However, the life time of the plasma does not change appreciably whether the center conductor is installed or not. Measurements of the magnetic field distribution revealed there exists a region near the symmetric axis, where no toroidal magnetic field is found. We call this region ther flux hole (FH).
3. We investigated the effect of FH on the stability of the spheromak and found that it has a stabilizing effect. We made other investigations. For examples,
4. the resistive instabilities of the spheromak by using Glasser, Green and Johnson's results, and 5. the effects of trapped particles on the transport phenomena. About detailed points, see the report on the results obtained by this Grant-in-Aid.

Report

(2 results)
  • 1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • 1986 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All Other

All Publications (24 results)

  • [Publications] M.Taguchi: J.Phys.Soc.Jpn.54. 2163-2167 (1985)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S.Kaneko: J.Phys.Soc.Jpn.54. 3347-3357 (1985)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S.Kaneko: J.Phys.Soc.Jpn.54. 4570-4575 (1985)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] M.Taguchi: J.Phys.Soc.Jpn.55. 165-168 (1986)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S.Kaneko: J.Phys.Soc.Jpn.55. 1918-1924 (1986)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S.Kaneko: Proc.the 8th US-Japan Workshop on Compact Toroids. 39-42 (1986)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] M.Taguchi: Nuclear Fusion. 27. 931-940 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] A.Kamitani: J.Phys.Soc.Jpn.56. 2755-2764 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S.Kaneko: J.Phys.Soc.Jpn.56. 4188-4189 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S.Kaneko: J.Phys.Soc.Jpn.57. 108-116 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] M. Taguchi: "Magnetohydrodynamic Stability of Spheromak Plasma in Toroidal Flux Conserver with Rectangular Cross Section" J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.54. 2163-2167 (1985)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S. Kaneko: "Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibrium and Stability of Spheromak with Spheroidal Plasma-Vacuum Interface" J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.54. 3347-3357 (1985)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S. Kaneko: "Magnetohydrodynamic Stability of Spheromak Plasma in Toroidal Flux Conserver with Rectangular Cross Section.II. Application of Mercier Criterion" J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.54. 4570-4575 (1985)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] M. Taguchi: "Particle Fluxes in the Banana Regime due to RF Wave Injection" J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.55. 165-168 (1986)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S. Kaneko: "Magnetohydrodynamic Stability of Spheromak Plasma in Spheroidal Flux Conserver-Application of Mercier Criterion-" J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.55. 1918-1924 (1986)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S. Kaneko: "MHD Stability and Confinement of Spheromak" Proc. the 8th US-Japan Workshop on Compact Toroids. 39-42 (1986)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] M. Taguchi: "Transport Theory of Axisymmetric Toroidal Plasma with RF Wave Source in the Pfirsch-Schluter Regime" Nuclear Fusion. 27. 931-940 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] A. Kamitani: "Magnetohydrodynamic Equilibrium and Stability of Spheromak by Boundary-Fitted Curvilinear Coordinate System-Improvement of Plasma Confinement by External Coil-" J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.56. 2755-2764 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S. Kaneko: "Magnetohydrodynamic Stability of Spheromak Plasma in Toroidal Flux Conserver with Rectangular Cross Section III. Stability for Symmetric Modes" J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.56. 4188-4189 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S. Kaneko: "Stability of Force-Free Spheromak Plasma in Spheroidal Flux Conserver" J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.57. 108-116 (1987)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1987 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Shobu Kaneko: Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 55. 1918-1924 (1986)

    • Related Report
      1986 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Shobu Kaneko: Proc.of 8th US-Japan Workshop on Compact Toroid. 39-42 (1986)

    • Related Report
      1986 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Atsushi Kamitani: Journal of the Physical Society of Japan.

    • Related Report
      1986 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Masayoshi Taguchi: Nuclear Fusion.

    • Related Report
      1986 Annual Research Report

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