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Plasma loss from magnetic bottles

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Il Nuovo Cimento (1955-1965)

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The various shapes of magnetic fields devised in order to confine a plasma (magnetic bottles) let always leak out part of it, for different reasons. One of the most important of these losses, is that due to particles gliding along the lines of magnetic force. In this paper a general method is proposed for evaluating approximately this loss, and it is applied to two particular kinds of magnetic bottles.

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Le varie forme di carnpo magnetico immaginate per imprigionare un plasma (bottiglie magnetiche) ne lasciano sempre sfuggire una parte, per diverse ragioni. Una delle più importanti fughe è quella dovuta alle partioelle che soorrono lungo le linee di forza magnetica. Nel presente lavorb si propone un metodo generale per valutare approssimativamente questa perdita, e lo si applica a due forme particolari di bottiglia magnetica.

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Persico, E., Linhart, J.G. Plasma loss from magnetic bottles. Nuovo Cim 8, 740–753 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02815253

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