Equilibrium Studies of a Poloidal Divertor Pinch with a Reversed Toroidal Field

J. S. Sarff, J. C. Sprott, and L. Turner
Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
(Received 13 November 1986; accepted 26 March 1987)

ABSTRACT

An analytic solution for the force-free magnetic field, del x B = lambda B, in the poloidal divertor configuration of the Tokapole II device [Nucl. Fusion 19, 1509 (1979)] is presented. Experiments conducted on Tokapole II which provide equilibrium magnetic field profile measurements using a magnetic probe are then described. Observations include a non-constant-lambda profile and a large diamagnetic current near the divertor separatrix.

Ref: J. S. Sarff, J. C. Sprott, and L. Turner, Phys. Fluids 30, 2155-2162 (1987)

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