8-12 August 2016
Novosibirsk
Asia/Novosibirsk timezone

Analysis of gas conditions influence it the GDT west expander on plasma confinement in the central cell

10 Aug 2016, 15:00
3h
Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk

Board: 20
Poster Plasma confinement, heating and stability Poster session

Speakers

Ms Olga Korobeynikova (Budker INP SB RAS) Dr Sergey Murakhtin (Budker INP SB RAS)

Description

A longitudinal ion and energy transport through the magnetic mirror appears to be the dominant problem in open magnetic traps physics. Cold electrons flow from field expansion area has been found to be the main mechanism that limits target plasma heating in the central cell of the Gas Dynamic Trap (GDT). One of the dominant cold electrons sources may appear a residual neutral gas in the expander. Gas and plasma interaction results in its ionization and occurring cold electrons that penetrate through the magnetic mirror into the central cell of the machine. This work is aimed to find a critical gas concentration value in the expander when it begins to effect on basic plasma parameters in the central cell of the GDT. The results obtained from these experiments are crucial for understanding the engineering requirements for the pumping system in divertors of the C-2W machine being built in Tri Alpha Energy Inc. and experimental machines of next generation being designed.

Primary authors

Ms Olga Korobeynikova (Budker INP SB RAS) Dr Sergey Murakhtin (Budker INP SB RAS)

Co-authors

Dr Alexander Dunaevsky (Tri Alpha Energy Inc.) Dr Alexei Beklemishev (Budker INP SB RAS) Dr Andrej Lizunov (Budker INP SB RAS) Artem Chernyavsky (Novosibirsk State Technical University) Dmitriy Skovorodin (Budker INP SB RAS) Dr Elena Soldatkina (Budker INP SB RAS) Maria Korzhavina (Budker INP SB RAS) Michael Anikeev (Budker INP SB RAS) Peter Yushmanov (Tri Alpha Energy Inc.) Dr Petr Bagryansky (Budker INP SB RAS) Vladimir Maximov (Budker INP SB RAS)

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