Abstract
In thermal-barrier experiments in the tandem mirror experiment upgrade, axial confinement times of 50 to 100 ms have been achieved. During enhanced confinement we measured the thermal-barrier potential profile using a neutral-particle-beam probe. The experimental data agree qualitatively and quantitatively with the theory of thermal-barrier formation in a tandem mirror.
- Received 9 April 1984
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.53.783
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