Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment
The Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment (SSPX) is a program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States established to investigate spheromak plasma.[1]
A spheromak device produces a plasma in magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium mainly through self-induced plasma currents, as opposed to a tokamak device which depends on large externally generated magnetic fields.[2] The series of experiments examines the potential for a spheromak device to contain fusion fuel. According to a 1999 abstract,
- The Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment, SSPX , will study spheromak physics with particular attention to energy confinement and magnetic fluctuations in a spheromak sustained by electrostatic helicity injection.[3]
See also
- Magnetohydrodynamics
- Magnetic helicity
- Magnetic reconnection
- Turbulence
References
External links
- Science@Livermore - Press release
- Fusion Energy Program publications
- The Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment: A Short Overview at the Wayback Machine (archived September 17, 2006)
- Romero-Talamas, Investigations of Spheromak plasma dynamics, Ph.D. thesis
- Selected abstracts:
- Romero-Talamas, Spheromak formation and sustainment studies
- Wang, Large-amplitude electron density
- Hooper, Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment
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