Experimental relation between particle and energy confinement in reversed-field pinches

Confinement studies have been performed on the high-aspect-ratio, high-current-density Extrap-T1 reversed-field pinch. Experimental evidence is presented that the scaling of the particle confinement time is not dominated by the dynamo activity. This results in an anticorrelation between particle confinement time and energy confinement time, which becomes apparent in this experiment, as the ratio of Spitzer to total input power is varied over the wide range 0.4–0.8.