Confinement effects of electron heating in the thermal barrier of a tandem mirror

Technical Report · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5904652

Carrera, R; Catto, P J

In order to assess the possible benefit of applying electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) in the thermal barrier region of a tandem mirror a simple thermal barrier model is considered. The collisional fluxes of the hot,barrier electrons diffusing into the central cell and plug, the warm electrons escaping from the plug, and the cooler, central cell electrons passing over the thermal barrier and becoming trapped, are evaluated.

• Research Organization: Science Applications, Inc., Boulder, CO (USA). Plasma Research Inst.
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76ET53057; AC02-80ER53104
• OSTI ID: 5904652
• Report Number(s): SAI-254-83-450-LJ; ON: DE83014385
• 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
COLLISIONS
CONFINEMENT
ECR HEATING
ELECTRON COLLISIONS
ELECTRON TEMPERATURE
HEATING
HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING
MAGNETIC MIRRORS
OPEN PLASMA DEVICES
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
PLASMA HEATING
THERMAL BARRIERS
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TMX DEVICES