TMX tandem-mirror experiments and thermal-barrier theoretical studies

Conference · Thu Jul 29 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5012548

Simonen, T C; Baldwin, D E; Allen, S L

This paper describes recent analysis of energy confinement in the Tandem Mirror Experiment (TMX). TMX data also indicates that warm plasma limits the amplitude of the anisotropy driven Alfven ion cyclotron (AIC) mode. Theoretical calculations show strong AIC stabilization with off-normal beam injection as planned in TMX-U and MFTF-B. This paper reports results of theoretical analysis of hot electrons in thermal barriers including electron heating calculations by Monte Carlo and Fokker-Planck codes and analysis of hot electron MHD and microinstability. Initial results from the TMX-U experiment are presented which show the presence of sloshing ions.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA); Sandia National Labs., Livermore, CA (USA); Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (USA); Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (USA); Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA); California Univ., Berkeley (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5012548
• Report Number(s): UCRL-87948-Rev.1; CONF-820930-10-Rev.1; ON: DE82020850
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700101* -- Fusion Energy-- Plasma Research-- Confinement
Heating
& Production
ALFVEN WAVES
ANISOTROPY
CONFINEMENT
CYCLOTRON FREQUENCY
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELECTRIC COILS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRON TEMPERATURE
EQUATIONS
EQUIPMENT
FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION
HYDROMAGNETIC WAVES
INSTABILITY
MAGNET COILS
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
MONTE CARLO METHOD
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
PLASMA INSTABILITY
PLASMA MICROINSTABILITIES
THERMAL BARRIERS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TMX DEVICES