Published March 22, 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Magnetic fusion with high energy self-colliding ion beams

  • 1. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375 (United States)
  • 2. Thermal Technologies, Incorporated, San Diego, California 92121 (United States)
  • 3. Advanced Physics Corporation, Irvine, California 92715 (United States)
  • 4. University of California, Riverside, California 92521 (United States)
  • 5. University of California, Irvine, California 92717 (United States)

Description

Self-consistent equilibria are obtained for high beta plasma where almost all of the ions are energetic with a gyroradius of the order of the plasma scale length. Magnetohydrodynamics would not apply to such a plasma. Recent experiments with tokamaks suggest that it would be insensitive to microinstabilities. Several methods are described for creating the plasma with intense neutralized ion beams

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
70
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 1818-1821.
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO