Published September 5, 1983
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Journal article
Instability of fusing plasmas and spin-depolarization processes
Creators
- 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Description
A plasma mode driven by the anisotropy of the velocity distribution of charged fusion-reaction products can resonate with the spin precession frequency of one of the plasma components. When these spins are initially polarized, resonant depolarization can occur at a rate considerably faster than the fusion reaction rate, if spatial inhomogeneity effects do not depress excessively the mode amplitude
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Volume
- 51
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Series
- Phys. Rev. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 892-895
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 15015350
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANISOTROPY; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; DEUTERONS; DISPERSION RELATIONS; DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEAVY ION FUSION REACTIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA; PLASMA FOCUS; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PRECESSION; SPIN; SPIN FLIP; VELOCITY
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CHARGED PARTICLES; FLUID MECHANICS; HEAVY ION REACTIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; MECHANICS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS