title: Formation, spin-up, and stability of field-reversed configurations.
abstract: Formation, spontaneous spin-up, and stability of θ-pinch formed field-reversed configurations are studied self-consistently in three dimensions with a multiscale hybrid model that treats all plasma ions as full-orbit collisional macroparticles and the electrons as a massless quasineutral fluid. The end-to-end hybrid simulations reveal poloidal profiles of implosion-driven fast toroidal plasma rotation and demonstrate three well-known discharge regimes as a function of experimental parameters: the decaying stable configuration, the tilt unstable configuration, and the nonlinear evolution of a fast growing tearing mode.
authors.affiliation: Trinum Research, Inc., San Diego, California 92126, USA.
authors.forename: Y A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Omelchenko