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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.
