Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment
- Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment
The Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment is a program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the United States to investigate spheromak plasma. [ [http://www.mfescience.org/sspx/ Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment - SSPX] MFEScience. 2008-03-27.]
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. [ [http://www.llnl.gov/str/Hill.html Experiment mimics nature's way with plasmas] LLNL. 2008-03-27.] 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. [ [http://www.iaea.org/programmes/ripc/physics/html/node227.htm (ICP/04) Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment] IAEA. 2008-03-27.]
ee also
*Magnetohydrodynamics
*Magnetic helicity
*Magnetic reconnection
*Turbulence
References
External links
* [http://www.llnl.gov/pao/news/news_releases/2005/SF-05-02-03.html Science@Livermore] - Press release
* [http://www.mfescience.org/mfedocs/sspx.html Fusion Energy Program publications]
* [http://cmpd.physics.ucla.edu/Romero-Talamas.pdf#search=%22%22Sustained%20Spheromak%20Physics%20Experiment%22%20-wikipedia%22 The Sustained Spheromak Physics Exeriment: A Short Overview]
* [http://etd.caltech.edu/etd/available/etd-02042005-150634/ Romero-Talamas, "Investigations of Spheromak plasma dynamics] , Ph.D. thesis
*Selected abstracts:
** [http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PHPAEN000013000002022502000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes Romero-Talamas, "Spheromak formation and sustainment studies"]
** [http://www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0029-5515/42/6/302/ Wang, "Large-amplitude electron density"]
** [http://flux.aps.org/meetings/BAPSDPP96/abs/S140025.html Hooper, "Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment"]
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