@article{043ab478a25e43a28188683fed6639ab,
title = "Initial results from solenoid-free plasma start-up using Transient CHI on QUEST",
abstract = "Initial results from the recently implemented transient coaxial helicity injection (CHI) system on QUEST are reported. QUEST uses a new CHI electrode configuration in which the CHI insulator is not part of the vacuum boundary, making this configuration easier to implement in fusion reactors. Experimental results show that transient CHI startup in this alternate electrode configuration is indeed possible. Reliable gas breakdown was achieved, and toroidal currents up to 45 kA were generated.",
author = "K. Kuroda and R. Raman and K. Hanada and M. Hasegawa and T. Onchi and M. Ono and Nelson, {B. A.} and Jarboe, {T. R.} and M. Nagata and O. Mitarai and K. Nakamura and H. Idei and J. Rogers and S. Kawasaki and T. Nagata and A. Kuzmin and S. Kojima and C. Huang and O. Watanabe and A. Higashijima and Y. Takase and A. Fukuyama and S. Murakami",
note = "Funding Information: This work is supported by US DOE grants (DE-FG02-99ER54519 and DE-AC02-09CH11466), NIFS Collaboration Research Program (NIFS14KUTR103) and the Collaborative Research Program of Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University (international collaboration frame work No. 9 in 2016 and No. 8 in 2017). This work was partially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (KAKENHI Grant Number 16H02441, 24656559), the NIFS Collaboration Research Program (NIFS05KUTRO14, NIFS13KUTR093, NIFS13KUTR085) and Japan/US Cooperation in Fusion Research and Development. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 IOP Publishing Ltd.",
year = "2018",
month = sep,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1088/1361-6587/aadcb7",
language = "English",
volume = "60",
journal = "Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion",
issn = "0741-3335",
publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",
number = "11",
}