The reversed field pinch

L Marrelli, P Martin, ME Puiatti, JS Sarff… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the research on the reversed field pinch (RFP) in the last three decades.
Substantial experimental and theoretical progress and transformational changes have been …

Overview of quasi-single helicity experiments in reversed field pinches

P Martin, L Marrelli, G Spizzo, P Franz… - Nuclear …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the results of an experimental and theoretical international project dedicated to
the study of quasi-single helicity (QSH) reversed field pinch (RFP) plasmas. The project has …

Mode-locking phenomena in the TPE-RX reversed-field pinch plasma

Y Yagi, H Koguchi, H Sakakita, S Sekine… - Physics of …, 1999 - pubs.aip.org
The characteristics of the phase-and wall-locked mode found in a large-sized reversed-field
pinch (RFP) machine TPE-RX [Y. Yagi et al. Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion 41, 255 (1999)] …

Nonlinear dynamo mode dynamics in reversed field pinches

R Fitzpatrick, EP Yu - Physics of Plasmas, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
The nonlinear dynamics of a typical dynamo mode in a reversed field pinch, under the action
of the braking torque due to eddy currents excited in a resistive vacuum vessel and the …

Improved Particle Confinement in Transition from Multiple-Helicity<? format?> to Quasi-Single-Helicity Regimes of a Reversed-Field Pinch

L Frassinetti, I Predebon, H Koguchi, Y Yagi, Y Hirano… - Physical review …, 2006 - APS
The quasi-single-helicity (QSH) state of a reversed-field pinch (RFP) plasma is a regime in
which the RFP configuration can be sustained by a dynamo produced mainly by a single …

Improved confinement in the TPE-RX RFP by means of the PPCD

Y Yagi, Y Maejima, H Sakakita, Y Hirano… - Plasma physics and …, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
Pulsed poloidal current drive (PPCD)(Sarff JS et al 1994 Phys. Rev. Lett. 72 3670) is
conducted in a reversed-field pinch (RFP) machine, TPE-RX. The PPCD yields a twofold …

The sine-Gordon equation in reversed-field pinch experiments

JL Shohet, BR Barmish, HK Ebraheem, AC Scott - Physics of Plasmas, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
The focal point of this paper is a nonlinear model which describes localized
magnetohydrodynamic modes in reversed-field pinch experiments. To date, nearly all …

Front-end system of the TPE-RX reversed-field pinch machine

Y Yagi, S Sekine, T Shimada, A Masiello… - Fusion engineering and …, 1999 - Elsevier
Key design points of the front-end system of TPE-RX reversed-field pinch (RFP) machine are
described. Here the front-end system is the components of the machine between the thick …

Increased confinement improvement in a reversed-field pinch using double-pulsed poloidal current drive

Y Yagi, H Koguchi, Y Hirano, T Shimada… - Physics of …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
The pulsed poloidal current drive (PPCD)[JS Sarff et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 3670 (1994)]
experiment is conducted in a reversed-field pinch device, the toroidal pinch experiment RX …

Extensive magnetic measurement system for TPE-RX

Y Yagi, H Sakakita, S Sekine, H Koguchi… - Fusion engineering and …, 1999 - Elsevier
An extensive magnetic measurement system (MMS) which contains 1201 sensors is
developed for the new large reversed-field pinch machine, TPE-RX. The system facilitates a …