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An experiment is described in which resistive instabilities have been observed. Diagnostics of a hydrogen toroidal plasma indicate that a current-carrying plasma sheet breaks up into separate filaments. Experimental data for three distinct filament configurations agree well with the theoretical predictions.
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Stuart et al. (1968) studied this question.
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