Accession Number:

ADA089855

Title:

Transport Studies in Reversed Field Theta Pinches.

Descriptive Note:

Memorandum rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Manheimer,Wallace M.
• Finn,John M.

Report Date:

1980-09-25

Pagination or Media Count:

32.0

Abstract:

This paper examines anomalous transport in a reversed field theta pinch. The principal effects are anomalous resistivity and rotation generation. Similarity solutions for the resistive decay are found which agree qualitatively with experiment. Also it is shown that the spin up and anomalous resistivity may be the effect of a single underlying cause, a current driven microinstability. Author

Descriptors:

• *MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
• *PINCH EFFECT
• TRANSPORT PROPERTIES
• BIAS
• ITERATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE