Injection of Intense Pulsed-ion Beams into Tokamaks with Application to plasma Heating and Current Maintenance.
Abstract
This report examines various schemes by which an intense pulsed ion beam can be injected into a tokamak. There are several schemes which appear to be viable just as the plasma is being formed, but which cannot work for a steady state plasma. All schemes considered here use parallel injection. Once the beam is in the plasma, the heating and current maintenance are calculated. It is found that intense pulsed beams with reasonable energy should be capable of heating the plasma to breakeven and ignition. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 24, 1981
- Accession Number
- ADA101193
Entities
People
- Niels K. Winsor
- Wallace M. Manheimer
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory