Published January 1996
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Journal article
Plasma rotation driven by alpha particles in a tokamak reactor
Description
The possibility that fusion produced alpha particles will drive a significant amount of plasma rotation in a tokamak reactor is investigated. Orbit lost alphas and well confined alphas are both considered. Rotation large enough to help avoid magnetohydrodynamic instabilities, or rotational shear large enough to suppress turbulence, is shown to be impossible. (author). 13 refs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Fusion
- Journal Volume
- 36
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 55-67.
- ISSN
- 0029-5515
- CODEN
- NUFUAU
INIS
- Country of Publication
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 27030422
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALPHA PARTICLES; BANANA REGIME; CURRENT DENSITY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; LORENTZ FORCE; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; ROTATING PLASMA; STABILITY; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TORQUE
- Descriptors DEC
- CHARGED PARTICLES; CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; HELIUM IONS; IONIZING RADIATIONS; IONS; PLASMA; RADIATIONS; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TRAPPING