Pulsed High Beta Plasmas. Proceedings of the Third Topical Conference Held at Ukaea Culham Laboratory, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, U.K., 9–12 September 1975

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Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Page xii, D E Evans
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, Pages 1-4, R.S. PEASE
THE HIGH BETA STELLARATOR, A TOROIDAL CONFINEMENT SYSTEM, Pages 5-12, M. KAUFMANN
REVIEW OF TOROIDAL θ-PINCH THEORY, Pages 13-38, R.C. DAVIDSON, J.P. FREIDBERG
REVERSED FIELD PINCHES, Pages 39-57, H.A.B. BODIN
RELAXATION OF TOROIDAL DISCHARGES, Pages 59-67, J.B. TAYLOR
PLASMA FOCUS, Pages 69-86, A. BERNARD
SCREW PINCHES AND HIGH BETA TOKAMAKS WITH CIRCULAR CROSS-SECTION, Pages 87-91, KEI-ICHI HIRANO
SCYLLAC FEEDBACK STABILIZATION EXPERIMENTS, Pages 93-98, E.L. CANTRELL, W.R. ELLIS, B.L. FREEMAN, R.F. GRIBBLE, W.D. GUTSCHER, K.J. JOHNSON, K.F. KUTAC, G. MILLER, W.E. QUINN
OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS ON SCYLLAC, Pages 99-104, K.B. FREESE, F.C. JAHODA, R. KRISTAL, F.T. SEIBEL, R.E. SIEMON
INVESTIGATIONS OF THE m = 2 MODE ON HIGH-BETA-STELLARATOR ISAR T1-B, Pages 105-109, M. KAUFMANN, L. MINKO, J. NEUHAUSER, H. ROHR, G. SCHRAMM
TIME-DEPENDENT CALCULATIONS OF EQUILIBRIUM AND STABILITY PROBLEMS IN SCYLLAC AND TOKAMAK GEOMETRIES, Pages 111-116, J.U. BRACKBILL, D.C. BARNES
EQUILIBRIUM AND STABILITY OF A DIFFUSE HIGH-BETA TOKAMAK, Pages 117-121, J.P. FREIDBERG, J.P. GOEDBLOED
MASS FLOW STABILIZATION OF PLASMA CONFINED BY HELICAL MAGNETIC FIELDS, Pages 123-127, D.R. WELLS
MHD SIMULATION OF HIGH-BETA TOKAMAKS USING FLUX COORDINATES, Pages 129-134, S.C. JARDIN, M.S. CHANCE, J.M. GREENE, R.C. GRIMM, J.L. JOHNSON
TOKAMAK TRANSPORT AT LARGE POLOIDAL BETA, CONSIDERING MHD STABILITY LIMITS, Pages 135-139, D.J. SIGMAR, J.P. FREIDBERG
ROTATING THETA-PINCHES, Pages 141-145, A. KADISH, G.O. SPIES
EQUILIBRIUM AND STABILITY OF THETA-PINCH PLASMA IN MODIFIED TOROIDAL MULTIPLE MIRROR FIELD, Pages 147-153, S. SHIINA, K. SAITO, Y. OSANAI, T. ITAGAKI, T. KARAKIZAWA, H. GESSO, J. TODOROKI, I. KAWAKAMI, H. YOSHIMURA
NONLOCAL ANALYSIS OF CROSS-FIELD INSTABILITIES IN THETA-PINCH PLASMAS, Pages 155-159, D.B. BATCHELOR, R.C. DAVIDSON, N.T. GLADD
POST-IMPLOSION ANOMALOUS TRANSPORT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOWER-HYBRID DRIFT INSTABILITY, Pages 161-165, R.C. DAVIDSON, R.A. GERWIN, N.T. GLADD, R.B. HOWELL
HYBRID-KINETIC MODEL FOR COLLISIONLESS HIGH — β PLASMAS, Pages 167-170, D.A. D'IPPOLITO, R.C. DAVIDSON
NUMERICAL STUDIES OF THETA-PINCH IMPLOSION INCLUDING CLASSICAL AND ANOMALOUS TRANSPORT PROCESSES, Pages 171-175, R.C. DAVIDSON, B.H. HUI, P.C. LIEWER, S. HAMASAKI
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THE LOWER HYBRID DRIFT INSTABILITY, Pages 177-181, D.W. HEWETT, D. WINSKE
STABILITY ANALYSIS OF SHARP-BOUNDARY VLASOV-FLUID SCREW-PINCH EQUILIBRIA, Pages 183-186, H.R. LEWIS, L. TURNER
A NUMERICAL APPROACH FOR FINDING STABLE MHD EQUILIBRIA, Pages 187-191, A. SCHLüTER, R. CHODURA
STAGED THETA PINCH EXPERIMENTS, Pages 193-196, R.K. LINFORD, J.N. DOWNING, R.F. GRIBBLE, A.R. JACOBSON, D.A. PLATTS, K.S. THOMAS
PLASMA BEHAVIOUR IN STRAIGHT AND HELICAL THETA-PINCHES WITH LOW COMPRESSION RATIO, Pages 197-201, P. BOGEN, K.J. DIETZ, A. POSPIESZCZYK
IMPLOSION MEASUREMENTS IN A HIGH VOLTAGE, LARGE DIAMETER, MEDIUM DENSITY THETA-PINCH, Pages 203-207, I. HENINS, J.E. HAMMEL, T.R. JARBOE, J. MARSHALL, A.R. SHERWOOD
CHARACTERISTICS OF HIGH-DENSITY THEAT-PINCHES SEEDED WITH SELECTED HIGH-Z ELEMENTS, Pages 209-213, D.B. THOMSON, L.A. JONES, A.G. BAILEY, R. ENGLEMAN Jr.
APPLICATION OF REVERSED ULTRA-FAST THETA-PINCH TO A TOKAMAK PLASMA, Pages 215-219, N. INOUE, H. NIHEI, K. YAMAZAKI, M. ICHIMURA, T. MATSUDA, J. MORIKAWA, T. UCHIDA
DETAILED OBSERVATIONS ON THE DYNAMICS AND HEATING OF A LINEAR THETA-PINCH, Pages 221-225, W.M. DEUCHARS, J. IRVING, D.E. KIDD, S.B. GABRIEL, W.G. McNAUGHT, R. BROWN, D. STINSON
A DYNAMIC MODEL OF GROSS PLASMA MOTION IN SCYLLAC, Pages 227-231, G. MILLER
THE EFFECT OF MAGNETIC FORCES ON HIGH BETA PLASMA COLUMNS, Pages 233-237, A.A. NEWTON, A.J. WOOTTON
DYNAMIC STABILIZATION OF THE M = 1 MODE ON A Z-DISCHARGE, Pages 239-243, E. HOTTA, R. SHIMADA, K. YAMAMOTO, I. HAYASHI
THE DYNAMIC STABILISATION OF INSTABILITIES IN A TOROIDAL PINCH DISCHARGE (TDSX), Pages 245-248, E.P. BUTT, L. FIRTH
STABILITY AND DIFFUSION OF THE ZT-1 REVERSED-FIELD PINCH, Pages 249-253, A. HABERSTICH, D.A. BAKER, J.N. DI MARCO, L.W. MANN, S. ORTOLANI
HIGH BETA PLASMA CONFINEMENT IN REVERSED FIELD PINCH (ETL TPE—1), Pages 255-259, K. OGAWA, T. SHIMADA, S. KIYAMA, Y. HIRANO, Y. MAEJIMA
EXPERIMENTS ON PROGRAMMED AND NATURALLY RELAXING RFP CONFIGURATIONS, Pages 261-265, A. BUFFA, S. COSTA, G.F. NALESSO, G. MALESANI
STABILITY OF PINCHES WITH A REVERSED FIELD IN HBTX I, Pages 267-271, A.J.L. VERHAGE, D.C. ROBINSON
THE EFFECT ON CONFINEMENT OF AN UNSTABLE CENTRAL REGION IN A REVERSE FIELD PINCH, Pages 273-277, D.C. ROBINSON
MHD TURBULENCE MODELS FOR THE REVERSED FIELD PINCH, Pages 279-281, C.G. GIMBLETT, M.L. WATKINS
LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR CALCULATION OF THE TEARING MODE IN REVERSED FIELD PINCHES, Pages 283-289, J.A. DIBIASE, J. KILLEEN, D.C. ROBINSON, D. SCHNACK
EQUILIBRIUM, STABILITY AND CONFINEMENT IN THE ELMO BUMPY TORUS, Pages 291-293, C.L. HEDRICK, D.B. NELSON, L.W. OWEN, R.O. SAYER
FINITE WAVELENGTH STABILITY OF THE BUMPY θ PINCH, Pages 295-299, THOMAS E. CAYTON, GEORGE VAHALA
GUIDING CENTER PLASMA STABILITY OF THE BUMPY θ PINCH, Pages 301-305, M.J. SCHMIDT, G. VAHALA
TOROIDAL EQUILIBRIA OF REVERSED FIELD PINCH, Pages 307-311, A. MOHRI
STUDIES OF THE GAS-EMBEDDED Z-PINCH, Pages 313-316, C.W. HARTMAN, J. EDDLEMAN, R.H. MUNGER, J.W. SHEARER, K. STRUVE, D.Y. CHENG
EVOLUTION OF REVERSED FIELD PINCH CONFIGURATIONS, Pages 317-321, J.P. CHRISTIANSEN, K.V. ROBERTS
NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF REVERSED FIELD PINCHES, Pages 323-328, A.A. NEWTON, LI YIN-AN, J.W. LONG, B.C. YEUNG
HYBRID MODEL STUDIES OF MAGNETIC FIELD DIFFUSION IN HIGH-β PINCHES, Pages 329-334, A.G. SGRO, C.W. NIELSON
REVERSE FIELD CONFIGURATIONS WITH MINIMUM POTENTIAL ENERGY, Pages 335-339, S. ORTOLANI, G. ROSTAGNI
NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS FOR SCREW-PINCH EXPERIMENTS, Pages 341-344, G.G. LISTER
NUMERICAL STUDIES OF THE LINEAR THETA PINCH, Pages 345-349, J.U. BRACKBILL, M.T. MENZEL, D.C. BARNES
ENDLOSS FROM A SLENDER HIGH-BETA PLASMA COLUMN CONTAINED IN A LINEAR SOLENOID, Pages 351-355, L.C. STEINHAUER
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF END LOSSES FROM A LOW ENERGY THETA-PINCH, Pages 357-361, M.F. EL-MENSHAWY
SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF HIGH BETA PLASMA, Pages 363-367, M.F. EL-MENSHAWY
EXPERIMENTS ON THE PLASMA EQUILIBRIUM WITH A CLOSED HELICAL MAGNETIC AXIS (ASPERATOR-K), Pages 369-373, S. NAGAO, H. WATANABE, K. KOYAMA
LASER-PLASMA INTERACTION IN THE SCYLLA I—C THETA PINCH, Pages 375-379, K.F. McKENNA, E.L. ZIMMERMANN, K.B. FREESE
PLASMA CONTAINMENT IN A TOROIDAL BICUSP (TORMAC), Pages 381-386, M.A. LEVINE, I.G. BROWN, C.C. GALLAGHER
TOROIDAL LINE CUSP THEORY AT PRINCETON, Pages 387-390, A.H. BOOZER
OBSERVATIONS OF SOFT X-RAY EMITTING PLASMA STRUCTURES DURING THE MAIN NEUTRON EMISSION OF PLASMA FOCI, Pages 391-394, J.P. RAGER
EXPERIMENTS ON TURBULENCE IN PLASMA FOCUS, Pages 395-399, K. KURIKI, M.J. FORREST, P.D. MORGAN, N.J. PEACOCK
RECENT EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS OF PLASMA FOCUS RESEARCH AT STUTTGART, Pages 401-405, G. DECKER, G. PROSS, B. RüCKLE, H. SCHMIDT, M. SHAKHATRE
PULSED RADIATION FROM FOCUSED PLASMAS, Pages 407-412, W.H. BOSTICK, V. NARDI, W. PRIOR, C. CORTESE
ABSORPTION OF CO2-LASER RADIATION IN A HYPOCYCLOIDAL-PINCH PLASMA, Pages 413-417, J.H. LEE, D.R. McFARLAND
EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE SELF REVERSAL OF TOROIDAL MAGNETIC FIELD IN PINCHES, Pages 419-423, E.P. BUTT, A.A. NEWTON, A.J.L. VERHAGE
NEW RESULTS FROM ZETA, Pages 425-429, E.P. BUTT, A.A. NEWTON
ION TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS ON THE ZT-1 REVERSED FIELD PINCH, Pages 431-436, R.B. HOWELL, H.J. KARR, P.R. FORMAN
STUDIES OF THE ION TEMPERATURE AND TOTAL RADIATED ENERGY FROM PINCHES IN HBTX 1, Pages 437-441, C.A. BUNTING, A.A. NEWTON, M.R.C. WATTS
A STUDY OF THE REVERSED FIELD PINCH ON HBTX I USING THOMSON SCATTERING, Pages 443-448, C.W. GOWERS, P.A. JONES
OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL STUDIES OF THE COMPRESSION AND KINK INSTABILITIES OF REVERSED FIELD PINCHES, Pages 449-454, M.R.C. WATTS, A.J.L. VERHAGE
INTERFEROMETRY AND MHD TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS IN TOROIDAL PINCHES, Pages 455-460, T.L. DUTT, D.E. EVANS, P.D. WILCOCK, C.D.V. THOMAS
ANALYTIC COMPUTATION OF SELF-INDUCTANCE CHANGES IN A PLASMA FOCUS, Pages 461-465, F. GRATTON, M. VARGAS
INTERACTIONS OF HIGH ENERGY PLASMA CLUSTERS WITH A LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIC FIELD, Pages 467-469, N.V. GORYACHEVA, A.M. ZHITLUKHIN, A.P. LOTOTSKY, V.M. LYASHENKO, S.A. RAVICHEV, Yu. V. SKVORTSOV, V.M. STRUNNIKOV, S.S. TSEREVITINOV
YIELD ENHANCEMENT OF THE PLASMA FOCUS I, Pages 471-475, H. SAHLIN, R. GULLICKSON, G. McFARLAND
THE NRL LINUS PROGRAM, Pages 477-481, A.E. ROBSON, P.J. TURCHI
ELECTROMAGNETIC IMPLOSION OF LARGE DIAMETER LINERS, Pages 483-487, P.J. TURCHI, A.E. ROBSON
LINER COMPRESSION OF A TOROIDAL HIGH-β PLASMA, Pages 489-492, A.G. ES'KOV, R. KH. KURTMULLAEV, A.I. MALYUTIN, V.N. SEMENOV, I. YA. SHIPUK
RESULTS OF SPICA, Pages 493-496, C. BOBELDIJK, R.J.J. van HEIJNINGEN, J.A. HOEKZEMA, P.C.T. van der LAAN, D. OEPTS, A.A.M. OOMENS, J.W.A. ZWART, P.J. BUSCH, D.J. MARIS, W. KOOYMAN
LOCAL TOROIDAL AND POLOIDAL CURRENT DENSITY MEASUREMENTS IN A HIGH-β-TOKAMAK PLASMA, Pages 497-500, P.G. CAROLAN, M. KORTEN, G. WAIDMANN
EXPERIMENTS ON HIGH BETA TOKAMAK WITH SMALL ASPECT RATIO, Pages 501-505, KEI-ICHI HIRANO, S. KITAGAWA, M. MIMURA, Y. KITA, M. OHI
EXPERIMENTS IN THE LAUSANNE BELT PINCH, Pages 507-512, L. BIGHEL, F. HOFMANN
PLASMA STABILITY IN THE BELT-PINCH AT HIGHER TEMPERATURES, Pages 513-515, O. GRUBER, R. WILHELM
TERP, A NON CIRCULAR TOROIDAL PINCH, Pages 517-520, A.W. ALLEN, G.C. GOLDENBAUM
EFFECTS OF THE INITIAL CONDITIONS ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF STABLE EQUILIBRIA IN A BELT-PINCH EXPERIMENT, Pages 521-525, E. GRAFFMANN, F. HOENEN, A. KALECK, L. KöNEN, J. SCHLüTER
PRODUCTION OF SHOCK HEATED WEAKLY COMPRESSED HIGH TEMPERATURE PLASMAS IN THE HIGH VOLTAGE BELT PINCH, Pages 527-530, F. SöLDNER, K.-H. STEUER
A NEW CONCEPT FOR MEGA-VOLT SHOCK COMPRESSION AND MILLISECOND CONFINEMENT IN THE BELT PINCH, Pages 531-534, R. WILHELM
TOROIDAL EQUILIBRIUM OF NON-CIRCULAR SHARP BOUNDARY PLASMAS SURROUNDED BY FORCE-FREE FIELDS, Pages 535-539, J.A. HOEKZEMA
DECAY AND PROFILE OF THE TOROIDAL PLASMA CURRENT IN A SCREW PINCH, Pages 541-545, J.A. HOEKZEMA
DIFFUSION PROCESSES IN HIGH-BETA PLASMAS INCLUDING NEUTRAL GAS AND IMPURITY EFFECTS, Pages 547-551, G. BECKER, D.F. DüCHS
INITIAL DYNAMICS, EQUILIBRIUM, AND HEATING OF TOROIDAL BELT PINCHES, Pages 553-556, C.K. CHU, H.C. LUI, M.F. REUSCH, R.T. TAUSSIG
NONLINEAR MHD INSTABILITIES IN ELONGATED CYLINDERS, Pages 557-561, G. BATEMAN, H.R. HICKS, J.W. WOOTEN
STABILITY OF HIGH-β TOKAMAKS WITH ARBITRARY ELONGATED CROSS SECTIONS, Pages 563-567, J.A. TATARONIS, W. GROSSMANN, H. WEITZNER
SCYLLAC FUSION TEST REACTOR DESIGN, Pages 569-574, R.K. LINFORD, T.A. OLIPHANT, K.I. THOMASSEN
REACTOR BURNING CALCULATIONS FOR A MODEL REVERSED FIELD PINCH, Pages 575-579, B.C. YEUNG, J.W. LONG, A.A. NEWTON
SOME DESIGN PARAMETERS OF A SCREW-PINCH REACTOR, Pages 581-585, W. SCHUURMAN, J.A. HOEKZEMA, P.C.T. van der LAAN, C. BOBELDIJK
HIGH DENSITY LINEAR SYSTEMS FOR FUSION POWER, Pages 587-591, W.R. ELLIS, R.A. KRAKOWSKI
THE LINEAR THETA PINCH AS A 14-NEUTRON SOURCE, Pages 593-597, W.R. ELLIS
TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIALS OF PULSED HIGH-BETA PLASMA DEVICES AS CTR RADIATION TEST FACILITIES, Pages 599-603, P.J. PERSIANI
BIBLIOGRAPHY ON REVERSED FIELD PINCHES: 1958–1975, Page 605, D.J. DANCY
CONFERENCES, Pages 607-622
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 623-625