Cooling energetic α particles in a tokamak with waves

TY - JOUR

T1 - Cooling energetic α particles in a tokamak with waves

AU - Herrmann, Mark C.

AU - Fisch, Nathaniel J.

PY - 1997/1/1

Y1 - 1997/1/1

N2 - Alpha particles, the by-products of the deuterium-tritium reaction in a tokamak fusion reactor, might be cooled through interactions with waves. Numerical simulations employing two waves, one with frequency about the alpha cyclotron frequency and one at much lower frequency, show the existence of parameter regimes where more than half of the α-particle power can be diverted to the waves.

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

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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1495

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1495

M3 - Article

SN - 0031-9007

VL - 79

SP - 1495

EP - 1498

JO - Physical review letters

JF - Physical review letters

IS - 8

ER -