Surface problems in magnetic confinement systems

1979 ◽  
Vol 40 (C7) ◽  
pp. C7-313-C7-316
Author(s):  
F. Waelbroeck ◽  
I. Ali-Khan ◽  
K. J. Dietz ◽  
P. Wienhold
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2021 ◽  
Vol 126 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. Gorman ◽  
M. K. Warrens ◽  
S. J. Bradshaw ◽  
T. C. Killian

1987 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vahid Majidi ◽  
David M. Coleman

A series of experiments, designed to help characterize the behavior of an analytical spark discharge in an external pulsed magnetic field, is described. Results include controlled formation and deformation of a spark's post-discharge torus utilizing different magnetic field configurations. One manifestation of this research was discovery of a new filamentary structure which extends from the spark conducting channel to the magnet pole face(s). These features were investigated via their refracted light (Schlieren) and spectroscopic (time/space/wavelength-resolved) properties. Practical ramifications of this control are discussed.


2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (S259) ◽  
pp. 423-424
Author(s):  
Asif ud-Doula ◽  
Stanley P. Owocki ◽  
Richard H.D. Townsend

AbstractWe examine the angular momentum loss and associated rotational spin-down for magnetic hot stars with a line-driven stellar wind and a rotation-aligned dipole magnetic field. Our analysis here is based on our previous 2-D numerical MHD simulation study that examines the interplay among wind, field, and rotation as a function of two dimensionless parameters, W(=Vrot/Vorb) and ‘wind magnetic confinement’, η∗ defined below. We compare and contrast the 2-D, time variable angular momentum loss of this dipole model of a hot-star wind with the classical 1-D steady-state analysis by Weber and Davis (WD), who used an idealized monopole field to model the angular momentum loss in the solar wind. Despite the differences, we find that the total angular momentum loss averaged over both solid angle and time follows closely the general WD scaling ~ ṀΩR2A. The key distinction is that for a dipole field Alfvèn radius RA is significantly smaller than for the monopole field WD used in their analyses. This leads to a slower stellar spin-down for the dipole field with typical spin-down times of order 1 Myr for several known magnetic massive stars.


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