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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 27 | Number 3 | April 1995 | Pages 104-110
Overview Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A11947053
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The low-frequency stability of ion rings and previous experimental work on weak ion rings is briefly summarized. In anticipation of a new experimental thrust to create field reversed strong ion rings, numerical simulations have helped to outline the physics of ring formation by the injection of short pulse intense ion beams (~ 1 kA/cm2) into a gas filled magnetic cusp followed by solenoidal ramped magnetic field.