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Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 8, 2401017 (2013)

Regular Articles

Initial Results on Simultaneous Confinement of Pure Lithium Ion and Electron Plasmas
Haruhiko HIMURA, Haruka SHIMOMURA, Takafumi NAKASE, Akio SANPEI and Sadao MASAMUNE
Kyoto Institute of Technology, Department of Electronics, Matsugasaki, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
(Received 20 November 2012 / Accepted 14 February 2013 / Published 23 April 2013)

Abstract

Pure lithium ion (Li+) and electron (e−) plasmas are not only produced separately but also trapped simultaneously in a Malmberg-penning trap called BX-U. No extreme degradation of confinement times or disruptive instabilities are so far observed even for the case of simultaneous confinement of both Li+ and e− plasmas.

Keywords

non-neutral plasma, lithium ion plasma, pure electron plasma, extended MHD model, two-fluid plasma

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.8.2401017

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This paper may be cited as follows:

Haruhiko HIMURA, Haruka SHIMOMURA, Takafumi NAKASE, Akio SANPEI and Sadao MASAMUNE, Plasma Fusion Res. 8, 2401017 (2013).