ALPHA-PARTICLE PHYSICS IN THE TOKAMAK FUSION TEST REACTOR DT EXPERIMENT

Authors
ZWEBEN SJ ARUNASALAM V BATHA SH BUDNY RV BUSH CE CAUFFMAN S CHANG CS CHANG Z CHENG CZ DARROW DS DENDY RO DUONG HH FISCH NJ FREDRICKSON ED FISHER RK FONCK RJ FU GY GOLOBORODKO V GORELENKOV N HAWRYLUK RJ HEETER R HEIDBRINK WW HERRMANN HW HERRMANN M JOHNSON DW MACHUZAK J MAJESKI R MCGUIRE KM MCKEE G MEDLEY SS MYNICK HE NAZIKIAN R PETROV MP REDI MH REZNIK S ROGERS J SCHILLING G SPONG DA STRACHAN JD STRATTON BC SYNAKOWSKI E TAYLOR G WANG S WHITE RB WONG KL YAVORSKI V
Citation
Sj. Zweben et al., ALPHA-PARTICLE PHYSICS IN THE TOKAMAK FUSION TEST REACTOR DT EXPERIMENT, Plasma physics and controlled fusion, 39(5A), 1997, pp. 275-283
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Plasma physics and controlled fusion → ACNP
ISSN journal
07413335
Volume
39
Issue
5A
Year of publication
1997
Pages
275 - 283
Database
ISI
SICI code
0741-3335(1997)39:5A<275:APITTF>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
A summary is presented of recent alpha-particle experiments on the tok amak fusion test reactor. Alpha particles are generally well confined in MHD-quiescent discharges, and alpha heating of electrons has been o bserved. The theoretically predicted toroidicity-induced Alfven eigenm ode has been seen in discharges of less than or equal to 1 MW of alpha power, but only in plasmas with weak magnetic shear.