Plasmoid Formation (IMAGE)

DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Plasmoid Formation

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Current sheets and plasmoids are formed during the simulation of a process called coaxial helicity injection, which could produce effective startup current-drive in spherical tokamaks.

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Fatima Ebrahimi

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