Dependence of the energy lifetime of a plasma on the pinch ellipticity in the T-8 tokamak
Dobrokhotov E.I. , Petrov D.P. , Solntsev A.M. , Stefanovskii A.M. , Shcherbak A.F.
The dependence of the energy lifetime of a plasma on the ellipticity of the cross section of a plasma column is measured. It is shown that τΕ~Κ2 for the same plasma density and temperature and the same current density distribution in the column. The dependences of rE on BT and Jp are compared.