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Isotropy of Ion Heating During a Sawtooth Crash in a reversed-field pinch

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
In the Madison Symmetric Torus reversed-field pinch, ions are impulsively heated during a sawtooth crash; the ion temperature more than doubles. Heating appears to be nearly isotropic; impurity ion temperature measured perpendicular to the magnetic field(t) is approximately equal to impurity ion temperature parallel to the magnetic field (T) during a sawtooth crash. Ion heating occurs simultaneously throughout the entire plasma volume, with no non-maxwellian distortion of the ion velocity distribution function.
Research Organization:
University of Wisconsin-Madison (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-96ER54345
OSTI ID:
783566
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER54345-336
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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