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Results of experiments on the formation of a compact toroidal magnetic configuration at the Compact Toroid Challenge setup are presented. The experiments were primarily aimed at studying particular formation stages. Two series of experiments, with and without an auxiliary capacitor bank, were conducted. The magnetic field was measured, its time evolution and spatial distribution over the chamber volume were determined, and its influence on the formation regimes was investigated.
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Original Russian Text © I.V. Romadanov, S.V. Ryzhkov, 2015, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2015, Vol. 41, No. 10, pp. 884–889.
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Romadanov, I.V., Ryzhkov, S.V. Regimes of pulsed formation of a compact plasma configuration with a high energy input. Plasma Phys. Rep. 41, 814–819 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X15100074
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