Published July 2014 | Version v1
Journal article

Negative ion sources for atom beam injection heating of fusion plasmas

  • 1. IRFM, CEA Cadarache, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance Cedex (France)
  • 2. Laplace, Universite Paul Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9 (France)

Description

The ITER tokamak will be equipped with 2 neutral atom beams of deuterium with a power of 17 MW and an energy of 1 MeV. These beams will stem from the acceleration of negative deuterium ions produced in big ion sources. The ITER negative ion source will be a plasma itself in which ions will be produced through the pounding of a metal (caesium) surface by atoms. There is no existing sources that respond to the specifications for ITER, and the design of such sources is the subject of research programs in France and in Europe

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Original title (French)
Les sources d'ions negatifs pour le chauffage par injection d'atomes a haute energie dans les plasmas de fusion

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Reflets de la Physique
Journal Issue
no.40
Journal Page Range
p. 15-19
ISSN
1953-793X

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