RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS IN ENERGY EXTRACTION FROM ALPHA-PARTICLES

Authors
FRUCHTMAN A FISCH NJ VALEO EJ
Citation
A. Fruchtman et al., RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS IN ENERGY EXTRACTION FROM ALPHA-PARTICLES, Physics of plasmas, 4(1), 1997, pp. 138-145
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physics of plasmas → ACNP
ISSN journal
1070664X
Volume
4
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
138 - 145
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-664X(1997)4:1<138:REIEEF>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The use in a tokamak of the recently reported relativistic two-gyrostr eam instability is investigated. The concept is evaluated with respect to the extraction of energy from relativistic ions in an inhomogeneou s magnetized plasma by means of an electrostatic wave. For application to energetic alpha particle channeling in a tokamak fusion reactor, t he relativistic two-gyrostream instability effects turn out to be rela tively minor. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.