IEEJ Transactions on Fundamentals and Materials
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A quantitative measurement of tilt and shift instabilities for Field-Reversed Configuration
Toshiro KimuraYasushi Ono
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2002 Volume 122 Issue 5 Pages 515-516

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A new quantitative measurement of tilt and shift mode has been developed to solve the n=1 instabilities of Field-Reversed Configuration (FRCs). The tilt angle and the shift length were measured quantitatively for the first time, using the radial and axial magnetic field components of n=1 toroidal modes, respectively. Our experimental measurement identified for the first time that the prolate FRC inside the cylindrical conducting wall was stable for the n=1 shift mode but unstable for the n=1 tilt mode.
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