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Spheromak Formation and Current Sustainment Using a Repetitively Pulsed Source by Woodruff, S., Macnab, A. I. D., Ziemba, T. M., Miller, K. E.

“…By repeated injection of magnetic helicity ( K  = 2φψ) on time-scales short compared with the dissipation time (τ inj  << τ K ), it is possible to produce…”
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Simulations of the field-reversed configuration with the NIMROD code by MACNAB, A. I. D, BARNES, D. C, MILROY, R. D, KIM, C. C, SOVINEC, C. R

“…The recently formed Plasma Science and Innovation Center (PSI-Center) is refining the NIMROD code to simulate field-reversed configurations (FRCs). The NIMROD…”
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Adiabatic Compression of a Doublet Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) by Woodruff, S., Macnab, A. I. D., Mattor, N.

“…The adiabatic compression of magnetized plasmas has come to the fore in recent times as an interesting hybrid of both inertial and magnetic fusion energy…”
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FRC Simulations using the NIMROD Code by Milroy, R. D., Macnab, A. I. D., Kim, C. C., Sovinec, C. R.

“…The Plasma Science and Innovation Center (PSI-Center) is benchmarking and refining the NIMROD code for simulations of field-reversed configurations (FRCs). The…”
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Simulations of the Supersonic Translation, Collision, and Merging of Two Field-Reversed Configurations for Plasma Heating by Macnab, A., Woodruff, S.

“…Axisymmetric extended magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations, which detail the supersonic translation, collision, and merging of two field-reversed…”
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Spheromak Formation and Current Sustainment Using a Repetitively Pulsed Source: 2008 Innovative Confinement Concepts Workshop by WOODRUFF, S, MACNAB, A. I. D, ZIEMBA, T. M, MILLER, K. E

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