2021 年 16 巻 p. 1201095
The formation and merging of the ST plasmas in the spherical tokamak have been studied by the means of the 2D toroidal MHD simulation for the two cases with a single and double PF coils. The following results were obtained: (i) during the ST plasmas formation, an internal toroidal flux is injected to the ST plasmas, (ii) this internal flux increases strongly during the plasma merging, and (iii) the internal toroidal flux damps after the merging.