COOLING ENERGETIC ALPHA-PARTICLES IN A TOKAMAK WITH WAVES

Alpha particles, the by-products of the deuterium-tritium reaction in a tokamak fusion reactor, might be cooled through interactions with wa ves. Numerical simulations employing two waves, one with frequency abo ut the alpha cyclotron frequency and one at much lower frequency, show the: existence of parameter regimes where more than half of the ct-pa rticle power can be diverted to the waves.