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Spheromak plasma formed by a magnetized coaxial plasma gun possesses high propagation velocity and electron density, which has been extensively investigated, for it has a variety of applications, such as fueling of fusion reactor, magnetized target fusion, and labratory simulations of astrophysical phenomena. Formation and optimization of the gun-type spheromak are studied by investigating the discharge characteristics of the gun and the scaling of plasma parameters with various operation conditions. Based on the spheromak formation mechanism, several significant operation parameters are identified, including peak value of gun current, bias flux, gas-puffed mass and the length of neutral gas distribution inside the gun channel: this length can be controlled by adjusting the time delay between gas injection and discharge of the capacitor bank to initiate gas breakdown and for a long time delay the current path distribution inside the gun channel can be characterized by a moving plasma ring which carries almost all of the gun current. Under a sufficient pressure of the self-generated field, the moving plasma ring with freezed toroidal field pushes the bias field into the vacuum chamber, the twisted field lines are then broken, reconnected, and thus forming a free spheromak. The injected gas is desired to exist only in the gun channel: if downstream region of the gun is filled with neutral gas, a weakly ionized and cold spheromak will be formed, which is not beneficial to practical applications. The multiple current path phenomenon is observed using two spatially separated magnetic coils inside the gun channel, excepting for the plasma ring, there are a stagnant current path and a reversed current path separately located in upstream and middle region of the gun channel. Development of the upstream current path is due to the residual charged particles deteached from the tail of accelerated plasma ring and the unswept netural particles, which reduces the energy injected into the plasma ring from capacitor bank, and thus having a negative effect on the performance of spheormak. The axial propagation velocity of spheromak, electron temperature and density are shown to increase with the capacitor bank voltage rising, which can be attributed to the elevation in energy injected into the plasma ring. Only higher electron density is obatined by increasing the gas-puffed mass, and the propagation velocity and electron temperature are observed to decrease. The energy injected into the plasma ring is independent of the gas-puffed mass, and electron density is elevated with gas-puffed mass increasing. Since the frequency of electron impact ionization increases, electrons undergo more collisions and transfer more energy to other particle species, thus the thermal energy of electrons decreases.
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Keywords:
- magnetized coaxial plasma gun /
- spheromak /
- plasma /
- magnetic field
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[1] Rosenbluth M N, Bussac M N 1979 Nucl. Fusion 19 489Google Scholar
[2] Raman R, Martin F, Quirion B, St-Onge M, Lachambre J L, Michaud D, Sawatzky B, Thomas J, Hirose A, Hwang D, Richard N, Côté C, Abel G, Pinsonneault D, Gauvreau J L, Stansfield B, Décoste R, Côté A, Zuzak W, Boucher C 1994 Phys. Rev. Lett. 73 3101Google Scholar
[3] Fukumoto N, Inoo Y, Nomura M, Nagata M, Uyama T, Ogawa H, Kimura H, Uehara U, Shibata T, Kashiwa Y, Suzuki S, Kasai S, Group J M 2004 Nucl. Fusion 44 982Google Scholar
[4] Liu D, Xiao C, Hirose A 2008 Rev. Sci. Instrum. 79 013502Google Scholar
[5] Brown M, Gelber K, Mebratu M 2020 Plasma 3 27Google Scholar
[6] Yamada M, Ono Y, Hayakawa A, Katsurai M, Perkins F W 1990 Phys. Rev. Lett. 65 721Google Scholar
[7] Chai K-B, Zhai X, Bellan P M 2016 Phys. Plasmas 23 032122Google Scholar
[8] Howard S, Laberge M, McIlwraith L, Richardson D, Gregson J 2009 J. Fusion Energy 28 156Google Scholar
[9] Degnan J H, Peterkin R E, Baca G P, Beason J D, Bell D E, Dearborn M E, Dietz D, Douglas M R, Englert S E, Englert T J, Hackett K E, Holmes J H, Hussey T W, Kiuttu G F, Lehr F M, Marklin G J, Mullins B W, Price D W, Roderick N F, Ruden E L, Sovinec C R, Turchi P J, Bird G, Coffey S K, Seiler S W, Chen Y G, Gale D, Graham J D, Scott M, Sommars W 1993 Phys. Fluids B 5 2938Google Scholar
[10] Dietz D, Hussey T W, Roderick N F, Douglas M R, Degnan J H 1997 Phys. Plasmas 4 873Google Scholar
[11] Kikuchi Y, Nakanishi R, Nakatsuka M, Fukumoto N, Nagata M 2010 IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 38 232Google Scholar
[12] Sakuma I, Kikuchi Y, Kitagawa Y, Asai Y, Onishi K, Fukumoto N, Nagata M 2015 J. Nucl. Mater. 463 233Google Scholar
[13] Zhang Y, Fisher D M, Gilmore M, Hsu S C, Lynn A G 2018 Phys. Plasmas 25 055709Google Scholar
[14] Hsu S C, Bellan P M 2005 Phys. Plasmas 12 032103Google Scholar
[15] Turner W C, Goldenbaum G C, Granneman E H A, Hammer J H, Hartman C W, Prono D S, Taska J 1983 Phys. Fluids 26 1965Google Scholar
[16] Barnes C W, Jarboe T R, Henins I, Sherwood A R, Knox S O, Gribble R, Hoida H W, Klingner P L, Lilliequist C G, Linford R K, Platts D A, Spencer R L, Tuszewski M 1984 Nucl. Fusion 24 267Google Scholar
[17] Taylor J B 1986 Rev. Mod. Phys. 58 741Google Scholar
[18] Barnes C W, Fernández J C, Henins I, Hoida H W, Jarboe T R, Knox S O, Marklin G J, McKenna K F 1986 Phys. Fluids 29 3415Google Scholar
[19] Jarboe T R 1994 Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 36 945Google Scholar
[20] Hsu S C, Bellan P M 2003 Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 215002Google Scholar
[21] Baker K L, Hwang D Q, Evans R W, Horton R D, McLean H S, Terry S D, Howard S, DiCaprio C J 2002 Nucl. Fusion 42 94Google Scholar
[22] Edo T, Asai T, Tanaka F, Yamada S, Hosozawa A, Kaminou Y, Gota H, Roche T, Allfrey I, Osin D, Smith R, Binderbauer M, Matsumoto T, Tajima T 2018 Plasma Fusion Res. 13 3405062Google Scholar
[23] Matsumoto T, Sekiguchi J, Asai T, Gota H, Garate E, Allfrey I, Valentine T, Morehouse M, Roche T, Kinley J, Aefsky S, Cordero M, Waggoner W, Binderbauer M, Tajima T 2016 Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87 053512Google Scholar
[24] Brown M R, Bailey Ⅲ A D, Bellan P M 1991 J. Appl. Phys. 69 6302Google Scholar
[25] Kaur M, Gelber K D, Light A D, Brown M R 2018 Plasma 1 229Google Scholar
[26] Rusbridge M G, Gee S J, Browning P K, Cunningham G, Duck R C, al-Karkhy A, Martin R, Bradley J W 1997 Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 39 683Google Scholar
[27] Coomer E, Hartman C W, Morse E, Reisman D 2000 Nucl. Fusion 40 1669Google Scholar
[28] Hwang D Q, Horton R D, Howard S, Evans R W, Brockington S J 2007 J. Fusion Energy 26 81Google Scholar
[29] Woodruff S, Hill D N, Stallard B W, Bulmer R, Cohen B, Holcomb C T, Hooper E B, McLean H S, Moller J, Wood R D 2003 Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 095001Google Scholar
[30] 赵崇霄, 漆亮文, 闫慧杰, 王婷婷, 任春生 2019 物理学报 68 105203Google Scholar
Zhao C X, Qi L W, Yan H J, Wang T T, Ren C S 2019 Acta Phys. Sin. 68 105203Google Scholar
[31] Wang Z, Beinke P D, Barnes C W, Martin M W, Mignardot E, Wurden G A, Hsu S C, Intrator T P, Munson C P 2005 Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76 033501Google Scholar
[32] Wiechula J, Hock C, Iberler M, Manegold T, Schönlein A, Jacoby J 2015 Phys. Plasmas 22 043516Google Scholar
[33] Woodall D M, Len L K 1985 J. Appl. Phys. 57 961Google Scholar
[34] 漆亮文, 赵崇霄, 闫慧杰, 王婷婷, 任春生 2019 物理学报 68 035203Google Scholar
Qi L W, Zhao C X, Yan H J, Wang T T, Ren C S 2019 Acta Phys. Sin. 68 035203Google Scholar
[35] Bellan P M 2000 Spheromak (London: Imperial College Press) p232
[36] Black D C, Mayo R M, Caress R W 1997 Phys. Plasmas 4 2820Google Scholar
[37] Goldenbaum G C, Irby J H, Chong Y P, Hart G W 1980 Phys. Rev. Lett. 44 393Google Scholar
[38] Yamada M, Furth H P, Hsu W, Janos A, Jardin S, Okabayashi M, Sinnis J, Stix T H, Yamazaki K 1981 Phys. Rev. Lett. 46 188Google Scholar
[39] Chung Kyoung-Jae, Chung K S, Hwang Y S 2014 Curr. Appl. Phys. 14 287Google Scholar
[40] 陈磊, 杨林, 万翔, 金大志, 向伟, 谈效华 2015 强激光与粒子束 27 045007Google Scholar
Chen L, Yang L, Wan X, Jin D Z, Xiang W, Tan X H 2015 High Pow. Las. Part. Beam. 27 045007Google Scholar
[41] Chen S L, Sekiguchi T 1965 J. Appl. Phys. 36 2363Google Scholar
[42] Kumar D, Moser A L, Bellan P M 2010 IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 38 47Google Scholar
[43] Fernández J C, Barnes C W, Jarboe T R, Henins I, Hoida H W, Klingner P L, Knox S O, Marklin G J, Wright B L 1988 Nucl. Fusion 28 1555Google Scholar
[44] Mayo R M, Choi C K, Levinton F M, Janos A C, Yamada M 1990 Phys. Fluids B 2 115Google Scholar
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