A method for estimating the radial jump of the plasma potential associated with the piston in a theta−pinch is described. Small amounts of impurity atoms with different masses are added to the filling gas, and from spectroscopic measurements it is determined if they are picked up by the piston.
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Commisso et al. (1975) studied this question.
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