Published September 23, 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Parameters of the luminous region surrounding deuterium pellets in the Princeton Large Torus tokamak

  • 1. Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

Description

The luminous region of the plasma cloud surrounding deuterium pellets injected into a tokamak is studied spectroscopically. At the time of peak luminosity the electron density is 2.4 x 1017 cm-3 to within 30% and the temperature is at most 2.0 eV. The intensity ratio of the Balmer-alpha and -beta light from the pellets, the total number of emitted photons, and the apparent size of the radiating region are consistent with local thermodynamic equilibrium at this temperature and density

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
55
Journal Issue
13
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1398-1401
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA

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