toroidal magnetic field
11Toroidal and poloidal — The earliest use of these terms cited by the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is by Walter M. Elsasser (1946) in the context of the generation of the Earth s magnetic field by currents in the core, with toroidal being in the same direction as… …
12Magnetic levitation — This article is about magnetic levitation. For trains based on this effect, see Maglev. For the Ruby interpreter, see MagLev (Ruby interpreter). Levitating pyrolytic carbon Magnetic levitation, maglev, or magnetic suspension is a method by which… …
13Magnetic-core memory — A 32 x 32 core memory plane storing 1024 bits of data. Computer memory types Volatile RAM DRAM (e.g., DDR SDRAM) SRA …
14Reversed field pinch — A reversed field pinch (RFP) is a device used to produce and contain near thermonuclear plasmas. It is a toroidal pinch which uses a unique magnetic field configuration as a scheme to magnetically confine a plasma, primarily to study magnetic… …
15Superconducting magnetic energy storage — (SMES) systems store energy in the magnetic field created by the flow of direct current in a superconducting coil which has been cryogenically cooled to a temperature below its superconducting critical temperature. A typical SMES system includes… …
16Versatile Toroidal Facility — The Versatile Toroidal Facility (VTF) is a research group within the Physics Research Division of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The VTF is a laboratory focused on studying the phenomenon of …
17fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Cf. reactor (def. 4). * * * Introduction also called fusion power plant or thermonuclear reactor a device to produce electrical power from the energy released in a nuclear… …
18Madison Symmetric Torus — Infobox Magnetic Fusion Device name = Madison Symmetric Torus dev type=Reversed field pinch loc=Madison, Wisconsin, USA rad maj = 1.50 m rad min = 52 cm aspect = 2.88|The Madison Symmetric Torus (MST) is a reversed field pinch (RFP) physics… …
19Tokamak — A tokamak is a machine producing a toroidal magnetic field for confining a plasma. It is one of several types of magnetic confinement devices, and it is one of the most researched candidates for producing controlled thermonuclear fusion power.… …
20Stellarator — A stellarator is a device used to confine a hot plasma with magnetic fields in order to sustain a controlled nuclear fusion reaction. The magnetic field necessary to confine the plasma is generated completely by external coils. It was invented by …
