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Self-induced magnetic force of a toroidal current

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Tyan Yeh
Affiliation:
Space Environment Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado 80303, U.S.A.

Abstract

A class of magnetostatic solutions is obtained for the magnetic field and current in a toroid. The solutions are characterized by nested toroidal flux surfaces whose cross-sections are concentric circles. The model distribution of the magnetic field and current allows a correct calculation of the typical self-induced magnetic force exerted by a current interacting with its own magnetic field in a toroidal configuration.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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