Published 1985 | Version v1
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Alpha-loss-cone driven instabilities in tandem mirror plasma

  • 1. Fusion Studies Lab., Univ. of Illinois, 103 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL

Description

This article discusses the possible microinstabilities in the central cell of a tandem mirror resulting from the anisotropic velocity distribution of the alpha particles. The low frequency wave spectrum for a cylindrical, DT plasma is obtained. The authors find three branches of waves with various azimuthal and radial mode numbers. The alpha loss-cone distribution is obtained from either a diffusion front method or Legendre function expansion

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Publishing Information

Publisher
IEEE Service Center.
Imprint Place
Piscataway, NJ (USA)
Imprint Title
Conference record of the 1985 IEEE international conference on plasma science
Journal Page Range
p. 42.

Conference

Title
Conference on plasma sciences.
Dates
3-5 Jun 1985.
Place
Pittsburgh, PA (USA).