2002/01/14 by A. V. Demura, Demura, A. V., Vladimir Kogan +6
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) #Cold Fusion and Nuclear Reactions #FOS: Physical sciences #Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph) #physics.atom-ph #physics.plasm-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.physics/0201030
13 pages, 3 figures
arxiv created 2002/01/14 · openalex publication_date 2002/01/14 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We discuss the opportunities of diagnosing the parameters of hypothetical "wild cables" in fusion plasmas via analyzing the Stark broadening of hydrogen spectral lines. The "wild cables" concept have suggested the observed long-lived skeletal structures in tokamaks and Z-pinches to be caused by a microdust-assembled skeleton. We present the results of calculating the widths of vacuum channels produced by the pressure of on-skeleton high-frequency (HF) electromagnetic waves of the TEM type, which thus might protect the skeletons from ambient high-temperature plasma. The values of amplitude of such wave appear to be compatible with the measurements of those in-plasma HF electric fields in tokamak T-10 and a gaseous Z-pinch which give observable Stark broadening of hydrogen spectral lines.