November 2004 IAEA 2004 1 Improved operation and modeling of the Sustained Spheromak Physics eXperiment R.D. Wood, B.I. Cohen, D.N. Hill, R.H. Cohen, S.

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November 2004 IAEA Improved operation and modeling of the Sustained Spheromak Physics eXperiment R.D. Wood, B.I. Cohen, D.N. Hill, R.H. Cohen, S. Woodruff, H.S. McLean, E.B. Hooper, L.L. LoDestro, L.D. Pearlstein, D.D. Ryutov, B.W. Stallard, and M.V. Umansky Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, Ca. C.T. Holcomb and T. Jarboe University of Washington, Seattle, Wa. C.R. Sovinec and G.A. Cone, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wi. In collaboration with Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Fl. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Ca.

November 2004 IAEA SSPX was built to examine energy confinement and field generation SSPX Operations: –The best confinement in SSPX (  E ~10m 2 /s) is obtained with controlled decay. –Peak temperature of >200 eV (peak  e ~5-10%) observed when magnetic fluctuations are small (< 1%). –Slow formation and double-formation- pulse discharges yield the highest magnetic field in SSPX. NIMROD simulations –Show good closed nested flux surfaces –Electron temperatures similar to experiment 1 meter

November 2004 IAEA Formation: In SSPX, spheromak formation does not show a strongly kinked central column Formation approximately axisymmetric with reconnection near coaxial gun region Fast (4  sec) camera images show: –Current sheet extending into flux conserver –Formation with a central column that is not strongly kinked In SSPX, the flux conserver constrains the amplitude of the n=1 mode SSPX Photos C. Romero-Talamas Caltech SSPX camera view In SSPX the n=1 mode is –Always observed during formation –Converts injected toroidal flux into poloidal flux –~10% (  B p /B p ) effect at the midplane edge

November 2004 IAEA Formation: simulation of spheromak shows the change in field topology is due to reconnection processes Magnetic reconnection converts toroidal flux into poloidal flux in both isolated events and a “steady” burbling Examination of the isolated events shows a change in field topology in the growth of mean-field flux contours Reconnection is generated by current sheets with negative = µ 0 jB/B 2 –– These are strongest near the X-point of the mean-field spheromak Before reconnection After/during reconnection Inverted

November 2004 IAEA Magnetic fieldline topology changes as azimuthally-averaged poloidal flux is generated Reconnection changes fieldline topology – shown are knotted lines resulting from breaking and attaching to other lines During “bubble blowing”, fieldlines bend and rotate toroidally without a change in topology

November 2004 IAEA Improved confinement obtained with increased time to heat and reduced fluctuations (controlled decay) Ohmic heating to higher T e made possible by longer pulses Optimizing edge current relative to injector flux reduces fluctuations (<1%); maintain edge current to keep current profile flat to slightly peaked g =  0 I g /  g (normalized current density) g = fc I g constant Improved wall conditioning lowers density; essential to high temperature

November 2004 IAEA NIMROD simulations close to matching experiment Improved NIMROD simulations with –Spitzer-Braginski resistivity and parallel thermal conduction –more detailed representation of gun geometry –matching current-drive time history with experiment Shot NIMROD: lam06 Fluctuations are lower during sustainment As current ramps down at the end of the shot, a large amplitude n=2 mode observed in both experiment and simulation simulation experiment n=2 mode (au)

November 2004 IAEA NIMROD simulations show regions of closed flux surfaces and T e profiles consistent with experiment Steep gradients in measured electron temperature profile are observed during sustainment NIMROD simulations show regions of good confinement surrounded by islands and confined chaotic lines and then open field lines. With parallel heat conductivity >> perpendicular heat conductivity, the electron temperature contours tend to align with the magnetic field lines. Best measured confinement:  E ~ 10 m 2 /s t=2.7 ms SSPX Shot Magnetic Field lines NIMROD T e contours NIMROD t=2.25 ms 123 eV 90 eV 10 eV SSPX Shot 10048

November 2004 IAEA In SSPX, efficient magnetic field build-up is a key element to higher temperatures Slow–start formation has steadily growing B with B/I gun = 0.75 T/MA. Double-pulse also produces highest fields of 0.78 T/MA Double-pulse and slow formation discharges obtain higher magnetic field per unit current than fast formation Standard fast formation followed by sustainment yields maximum B/I gun ~0.65 T/MA.

November 2004 IAEA Modification of bank will provide three important conditions: –Better control of operation near threshold (operation near threshold produces lowest fluctuations and highest T e ) –Multiple pulse experiments. –A way to increase total pulse length incrementally. Future work includes modifying the capacitor bank to explore magnetic field build up Present bank

November 2004 IAEA Summary SSPX Operations: –The best confinement in SSPX (  E ~10m 2 /s) is obtained with controlled decay. –Peak temperature of >200 eV (peak  e ~5-10%) observed when magnetic fluctuations are small (< 1%). –Slow formation and double-formation-pulse discharges yield the highest magnetic field in SSPX. NIMROD simulations –In good agreement with experiment –Multi-pulse simulations underway –Will be used to further explore spheromak physics and gun geometries