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Fokker-Planck Modelling of Delayed Loss of Charged Fusion Products in TFTR.

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2682· OSTI ID:2682
The results of a Fokker-Planck simulation of the ripple-induced loss of charged fusion products in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) are presented. It is shown that the main features of the measured "delayed loss" of partially thermalized fusion products, such as the differences between deuterium-deuterium and deuterium-tritium discharges, the plasma current and major radius dependencies, etc., are in satisfactory agreement with the classical collisional ripple transport mechanism. The inclusion of the inward shift of the vacuum flux surfaces turns out to be necessary for an adequate and consistent explanation of the origin of the partially thermalized fusion product loss to the bottom of TFTR.
Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
2682
Report Number(s):
PPPL-3310; ON: DE00002682
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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