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The misalignment of field coils in tokamaks can lead to toroidal asymmetries in the magnetic field, which are known as intrinsic error fields. These error fields often lead to the formation of locked modes in the plasma, which limit the…
This paper investigates the magnetic fields produced by a three-coil system, focusing on how different mesh resolutions affect the accuracy of the results. Using both the Poisson solver, as well as a numerical approach based on the solution…
Both space and laboratory plasmas can be associated with static magnetic field, and the field geometry varies from uniform to non-uniform. This thesis investigates the impact of magnetic geometry on wave modes in cylindrical plasmas. The…
In this paper, a technique for accurate estimation of the moment of magnetic dipole is proposed. The achievable accuracy is investigated, as a function of measurement noise affecting estimation of magnetic field cartesian components. The…
It is demonstrated how the correction factor alpha used in Hall magnetometry of localized magnetic field profiles depends on the sample geometry and on the electron mean free path, in the quasi-ballistic and ballistic regimes, for weak and…
A repetitive-pulse magnet is a promising tool when combined with repetitive excitations, such as pulsed lasers. Technically, the repetition and the magnetic field values in a repetitive-pulse magnet are limited by the Joule heating in the…
This paper presents a simple yet novel two-dimensional modelling approach for approximating the coupling coefficient between neighbouring inductors as a function of co-planar separation and relative angular displacement. The approach…
We study the effects of an external magnetic field, which is assumed to be uniform at infinity, on the marginally stable circular motion of charged particles in the equatorial plane of a rotating black hole. We show that the magnetic field…
The separation between the last closed flux surface of a plasma and the external coils that magnetically confine it is a limiting factor in the construction of fusion-capable plasma devices. This plasma-coil separation must be large enough…
We analyze the noise in macro-particle methods used in plasma physics and fluid dynamics, leading to approaches for minimizing the total error, focusing on electrostatic models in one dimension. We describe kernel density estimation for…
This paper describes a novel method for calibrating dc-precise magnetometers in the low field range (100 uT), which gives acceptable results even in laboratory conditions with significant magnetic interference. By introducing a closely…
We propose a new method to compute magnetic surfaces that are parametrized in Boozer coordinates for vacuum magnetic fields. We also propose a measure for quasi-symmetry on the computed surfaces and use it to design coils that generate a…
We consider the Vlasov-Poisson system that is equipped with an external magnetic field to describe the time evolution of the distribution function of a plasma. An optimal control problem where the external magnetic field is the control…
We use a tablet to determine experimentally the dependencies of the magnetic field (B) on the electrical current and on the axial distance from a coil (z). Our data shows a good precision on the inverse cubic dependence of the magnetic…
We perform an analysis of the combined effects of geometry and a magnetic field for the case of a charged particle on a helicoid. The effective quantum potentials for a charged spinless particle confined on a helicoid for two simple…
A low-pressure magnetized plasma is studied to find the dependency of sheath properties on ion-neutral collisions in presence of an inhomogeneous magnetic field. A self-consistent one-dimensional two-fluid hydrodynamic model is considered,…
Casimir interactions between macroscopic objects are strongly influenced by their geometrical features as shape and orientation as well as by their material properties. The effect of geometry is commonly obtained from the proximity…
Superconducting shields are commonly used to suppress external magnetic interference. We show, that an error of almost an order of magnitude can occur in the coil-factor in realistic configurations of the solenoid and the shield. The reason…
The problem of the charged-particle motion in an axisymmetric magnetic-dipole geometry is used to assess the validity of Hamiltonian guiding-center theory, which includes higher-order corrections associated with guiding-center polarization…
Boundary-dependent radiative corrections that modify the magnetic moment of an electron near a dielectric or conducting surface are investigated. Normal-mode quantization of the electromagnetic field and perturbation theory applied to the…