Fast-ion orbit effects during ion-cyclotron range of frequency experiments on the Princeton large torus

Technical Report · Fri Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6424311· OSTI ID:6424311

Kaita, R; Goldston, R J; Beiersdorfer, P; Herndon, D L; Hosea, J; Hwang, D Q; Jobes, F; Meyerhofer, D D; Wilson, J R

The angular dependence of the flux of fast neutrals was measured in conjunction with Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequency (ICRF) experiments on the Princeton Large Torus (PLT). We found a regime where the energetic tail of the charge-exchange neutral flux was strongly anisotropic. Unexpectedly, however, the flux from co-moving ions was peaked at an angle intermediate between perpendicular and parallel. This could be the consequence of a preferential filling of that class of banana orbits whose tips are localized within the ion cyclotron resonance layer.

• Research Organization: Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Plasma Physics Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• OSTI ID: 6424311
• Report Number(s): PPPL-1993; ON: DE83010840
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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