PLASMA ROTATION DRIVEN BY ALPHA-PARTICLES IN A TOKAMAK REACTOR

Authors
ROSENBLUTH MN HINTON FL
Citation
Mn. Rosenbluth et Fl. Hinton, PLASMA ROTATION DRIVEN BY ALPHA-PARTICLES IN A TOKAMAK REACTOR, Nuclear fusion, 36(1), 1996, pp. 55-67
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas","Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear fusion → ACNP
ISSN journal
00295515
Volume
36
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
55 - 67
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-5515(1996)36:1<55:PRDBAI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The possibility that fusion produced alpha particles will drive a sign ificant amount of plasma rotation in a tokamak reactor is investigated . Orbit lost alphas and well confined alphas are both considered. Rota tion large enough to help avoid magnetohydrodynamic instabilities, or rotational shear large enough to suppress turbulence, is shown to be i mpossible.