Temperature Measurement in Thermonuclear Plasmas; MESURE DE TEMPERATURES DANS LES PLASMAS THERMONUCLEAIRES
Thesis/Dissertation
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OSTI ID:4171455
The temperatures needed to produce thermonuclear reactions are of the order of several million degrees Kelvin. Devising methods for measuring such temperatures has been the subject of research in many countries. In order to present the problem clearly and to demonstrate its importance, the various conditions which must be fulfilled in order that reactions may be qualified as thermonuclear are reviewed. The relationship between the temperature and the cross-section of the reactions is studied, and it is shown that the notion of temperature in the plasmas is complex, which leads to a consideration of the temperature of the ions and that of the electrons. None of the methods for the temperature measurements is completely satisfactory because of the hypotheses which must be made, and which are seldom fulfilled during high-intensity discharges in the plasmas. In practice it is necessary to use several methods simultaneously (auth)
- Research Organization:
- France. Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, PAris
- NSA Number:
- NSA-14-012284
- OSTI ID:
- 4171455
- Report Number(s):
- CEA-1199
- Country of Publication:
- France
- Language:
- English
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