Physics guidelines for the Compact Ignition Tokamak

The goal of the Compact Ignition Tokamak (CIT) Program is to provide a cost-effective route to the production of a burning deuterium-tritium plasma so that alpha particle effects may be studied. The work in this program began with three design teams, situated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. and the Oak Ridge National Lab. Fusion Engineering Design Center. The criteria for the CIT design are provided by the Ignition Technical Oversight Committee (ITOC). An assessment of the role of a CIT has been made by the Magnetic Fusion Advisory Committee's Panel XIV. Assisting the design teams and ITOC is an Ignition Physics Studies Group, which provides community assessments of the status of tokamak research in experiment, theory, and modeling. The physics guidelines are in the areas of confinement, plasma shaping, operational limits, startup, plasma control, ion cyclotron heating, alpha physics, and diagnostics