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Reversed Field Pinch

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Section 16.1 explains reversed field pinch (RFP) configuration and Sect. 16.2 describes Taylor relaxation theory of RFP by use of magnetic helicity (16.1). The relaxation process of RFP is driven by helical non-linear driven reconnection and axisymmetric non-linear reconnection (refer to Fig. 16.4 in Sect. 16.3). Energy confinement time of RFP plasma (with or without pulsed parallel current drive (PPCD)) is described in Sect. 16.4.

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Miyamoto, K. (2016). Reversed Field Pinch. In: Plasma Physics for Controlled Fusion. Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics, vol 92. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49781-4_16

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