Alpha-particle simulation and diagnostics using /sub 3/He/sup + +/ minority ICRF heating
We have investigated the theoretical feasibility of using fast /sub 3/He/sup + +/ ions, produced by ICRF minority heating, to simulate the behavior of fusion-produced /sub 4/He/sup + +/ ions in large fusion experiments. This proposed technique would allow the study of alpha-particle-like heating in near-term experiments, such as TFTR, JET, and JT-60, without the necessity of high levels of neutron production and the subsequent activation. The results of our calculations study show that ICRF minority heating should be able to produce confined fast /sub 3/He/sup + +/ distributions in TFTR-sized experiments with an energy distribution and density similar to those expected for fast alpha particles in fusion-reactor experiments, such as INTOR/FED/NET.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Plasma Physics Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- OSTI ID:
- 6568592
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-1966; ON: DE83004886
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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700101* -- Fusion Energy-- Plasma Research-- Confinement
Heating
& Production
BARYONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
FERMIONS
HADRONS
HEATING
HELIUM 3
HELIUM IONS
HELIUM ISOTOPES
HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING
ICR HEATING
IONS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
NEUTRONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEONS
PLASMA HEATING
SIMULATION
STABLE ISOTOPES
TFTR REACTORS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
TRANSPORT THEORY