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Wojtowicz, D.; Kammash, T.
Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor (USA). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering1984
Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor (USA). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering1984
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[en] The macroscopic stability of an ignited EBT reactor is investigated by studying the effects of the alpha particles generated by the Deuterium-Tritium (D-T) fusion reaction on the background interchange mode, the interacting interchange mode, and the high-frequency compressional Alfven and coupled modes. A fluid description is used for the background plasma while a kinetic treatment is utilized for the hot electron species and the alpha particles. It is shown that the alphas tend to mildly destabilize the interacting interchange while stabilizing the background interchange due to their sizable Larmor radii. The destabilization is most pronounced when the beta of the alpha particles in highest, i.e., at birth, and recovery of stabilization takes place as these particles slow down toward thermalization. It is also shown that the alphas completely stabilize the high frequency modes so that it can safely be concluded that fusion alphas present no detrimental effects on the stability of an EBT reactor that possesses an appropriate hot electron ring for macroscopic stability
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1984; 34 p; Available from NTIS, PC A03/MF A01 as DE84017266
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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BUMPY TORI, CHARGED PARTICLES, ELMO DEVICES, HELIUM IONS, HYDROGEN ISOTOPES, HYDROMAGNETIC WAVES, INSTABILITY, IONS, ISOTOPES, LIGHT NUCLEI, MAGNETIC MIRRORS, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, ODD-ODD NUCLEI, OPEN PLASMA DEVICES, PLASMA INSTABILITY, RADIOISOTOPES, STABLE ISOTOPES, THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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