NASA NTRS · 19740050472
Hot ion plasma heating experiments in SUMMA
Abstract
A new superconducting magnetic mirror apparatus (SUMMA) is described using photographs, diagrams, characteristics graphs, and block diagrams. The apparatus consists of a magnet facility, a plasma test section, the electrode assembly, a charge-exchange neutral particle analyzer, and apparatus for emission spectroscopy. Initial results of hot ion plasma heating experiments conducted in this facility are reported. The purpose of these experiments was twofold: (1) to make a reliable electrode assembly for steady-state operation in the new SUMMA magnetic field configuration and test-section geometry; and (2) to see how ion heating scales as the midplane magnetic field is varied up to 3.5 tesla.
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Reinmann, J. J., Lauver, M. R., Patch, R. W., Posta, S. J., Snyder, A., Englert, G. W.. 1974-05-01. Hot ion plasma heating experiments in SUMMA. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19740050472
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