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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
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Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 47 | Number 1 | January 2005 | Pages 282-284
Technical Paper | Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A664
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A numerical study is made of the effects of neutral pressure on the characteristics of HANBIT mirror plasmas. One-dimensional discharge simulations are carried out under various neutral pressure conditions and the dependence of (=plasma pressure/magnetic pressure) on the neutral pressure P0 is investigated. It is found that and ion temperature increase rapidly with decreasing pressure below P0 ~ 2 × 10-6 Torr in HANBIT mirror discharges.