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Stability of ballooning modes in tokamaks with energetic particles

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5189467
The effects of energetic particles are of interest since fast ions are present in neutral-beam and rf-heated tokamaks and will occur in ignition devices in the form of alpha particles. Moreover, it may be desirable to create such particles by auxiliary heating in order to exploit their stabilizing properties and thus attain a high beta plasma. Here a range of issues related to the stabilization of MHD ballooning mode in tokamaks by the use of energetic particles is investigated analytically and numerically.
Research Organization:
Texas Univ., Austin (USA). Inst. for Fusion Studies
DOE Contract Number:
FG05-80ET53088
OSTI ID:
5189467
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/53088-245; IFSR-245; ON: TI86015891
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English