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Title: Confinement of high energy trapped particles in tokamaks

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6227408

The banana orbits of high energy trapped particles in tokamaks are found to diffuse rapidly in the radial direction if the toroidal ripple exceeds a low critical value. During this diffusion the energy, the magnetic moment, and the value of the magnetic field strength at the banana tips are conserved.

Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Plasma Physics Lab.
DOE Contract Number:
AM02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
6227408
Report Number(s):
PPPL-1789; ON: DE81023149
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English