Published July 19, 1976 | Version v1
Journal article

Startup of a neutral-beam-sustained plasma in a quasi-dc magnetic field

  • 1. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550

Description

Warm plasma has been injected along field lines into a quasi-steady-state magnetic mirror in the 2XIIB experiment. This has provided a suitable target plasma for density buildup and heating with neutral-beam injection. With the injection of 310 A equivalent of 14-keV deuterium atoms, the density exponentiated to 3.7 x 1013 cm-3, the average ion energy increase to 12 keV, and the β reached 0.4. A rate equation describing the density buildup is given

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
37
Journal Issue
3
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
143-146
ISSN
0031-9007

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
8279868
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
BEAM-PLASMA SYSTEMS; BETA RATIO; MAGNETIC MIRRORS; NEUTRAL ATOM BEAM INJECTION; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA HEATING; PLASMA PRODUCTION
Descriptors DEC
BEAM INJECTION; HEATING; OPEN PLASMA DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES

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