Ion Cyclotron Emission from Fusion Products and Beam Ions in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor
Title | Ion Cyclotron Emission from Fusion Products and Beam Ions in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor PDF eBook |
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Pages | 34 |
Release | 1997 |
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Interpretation of Ion Cyclotron Emission from Sub-Alfvénic Fusion Products in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor
Title | Interpretation of Ion Cyclotron Emission from Sub-Alfvénic Fusion Products in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor PDF eBook |
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Pages | 19 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Magnetohydrodynamic waves |
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Ion Cyclotron Emission Due to Collective Instability of Fusion Products and Beam Ions in TFTR and JET.
Title | Ion Cyclotron Emission Due to Collective Instability of Fusion Products and Beam Ions in TFTR and JET. PDF eBook |
Author | R. O. Dendy |
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Pages | 11 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Plasma (Ionized gases) |
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A Mechanism for Beam-driven Excitation of Ion Cyclotron Harmonic Waves in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor
Title | A Mechanism for Beam-driven Excitation of Ion Cyclotron Harmonic Waves in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor PDF eBook |
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Pages | 16 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Cyclotron waves |
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Ion Cyclotron Transmission Spectroscopy in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor
Title | Ion Cyclotron Transmission Spectroscopy in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor PDF eBook |
Author | G. J. Greene |
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Pages | 52 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (Project) |
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A MECHANISM FOR BEAM-DRIVEN EXCITATION OF ION CYCLOTRON HARMONIC WAVES INTHE TOKAMAK FUSION TEST REACTOR.
Title | A MECHANISM FOR BEAM-DRIVEN EXCITATION OF ION CYCLOTRON HARMONIC WAVES INTHE TOKAMAK FUSION TEST REACTOR. PDF eBook |
Author | R. O. Dendy |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 1994 |
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Ion Cyclotron Emission Due to the Newly-born Fusion Products Induced Fast Alfven Wave Radiative Instabilities in Tokamaks
Title | Ion Cyclotron Emission Due to the Newly-born Fusion Products Induced Fast Alfven Wave Radiative Instabilities in Tokamaks PDF eBook |
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Pages | 40 |
Release | 1995 |
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The velocity distribution functions of the newly born (t = 0) charged fusion products of tokamak discharges can be approximated by a monoenergetic ring distribution with a finite v{sub {parallel}} such that v{sub {perpendicular}} ≈ v{sub {parallel}} ≈ v{sub j} where (M{sub j}V{sub j}2/2) = E{sub j}, the directed birth energy of the charged fusion product species j of mass M{sub j}. As the time t progresses these distribution functions will evolve into a Gaussian in velocity with thermal spreadings given by the perpendicular and parallel temperatures T{sub {perpendicular}j}(t) = T{sub {parallel}j}(t) with T{sub j}(t) increasing as t increases and finally reaches an isotropic saturation value of T{sub {perpendicular}j}(t ≈ [tau]{sub j}) = T{sub {parallel}j}(t ≈ [tau]{sub j}) = T{sub j}(t ≈ [tau]{sub j}) ≈ [M{sub j}T{sub d}E{sub j}/(M{sub j} + M)]12, where T{sub d} is the temperature of the background deuterium plasma ions, M is the mass of a triton or a neutron for j = protons and alpha particles, respectively, and [tau]{sub j} ≈ [tau]{sub sj}/4 is the thermalization time of the fusion product species j in the background deuterium plasma and [tau]{sub sj} is the slowing-down time. For times t of the order of [tau]{sub j} their distributions can be approximated by a Gaussian in their total energy. Then for times t ≥ [tau]{sub sj} the velocity distributions of these fusion products will relax towards their appropriate slowing-down distributions. Here the authors will examine the radiative stability of all these distributions. The ion cyclotron emission from energetic ion produced by fusion reactions or neutral beam injection promises to be a useful diagnostic tool.