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Measurements made in the mid-plane of a theta pinch plasma indicate a sudden decrease in line density. This is interpreted as the arrival of a rarefaction wave due to axial plasma loss. Detailed predictions of density, and β given by an axial MHD computation, are in good agreement with the observations.
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