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A new slow formation of oblate field-reversed configuration (FRC) has been developed in the Tokyo University Spherical Torus No. 3 (TS-3) merging experiment using two merging spheromaks with opposing toroidal field. This unique technique was extended to a novel formation of ultra-high-beta (50%–70%) spherical tokamak (ST) by applying an external toroidal field Bt,ext to the FRC so produced. The high-beta ST was found to have a diamagnetic toroidal field in sharp contrast with low-beta STs with strong paramagnetic toroidal fields. High-beta properties of FRCs including their hollow current profile were maintained during the equilibrium transition, suggesting a close relationship between FRCs and high-beta STs in the second stability regime.
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