Tokamak heating and current maintenance with intense pulsed ion beams

Technical Report · Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5148027· OSTI ID:5148027

Manheimer, W M; Winsor, N K

This paper examines tokamak heating with intense pulsed ion beams. It finds that plasma can be heated to ignition or to Q approx. 1 and depending on the injection scheme, the current can be maintained or even generated by the beam.

• Research Organization: Naval Research Lab. (NRL), Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-76ET53020
• OSTI ID: 5148027
• Report Number(s): NRL-MR-4213; TRN: 80-015121
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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