Role of Alfven instabilities in energetic ion transport

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作者
Bernabei, S
Bell, MG
Budny, R
Darrow, D
Fredrickson, ED
Gorelenkov, N
Hosea, JC
Majeski, R
Mazzucato, E
Nazikian, R
Phillips, CK
Rogers, JH
Schilling, G
White, R
Wilson, JR
Zonca, F
Zweben, S
机构
[1] Princeton Plasma Phys Lab, Princeton, NJ 08543 USA
[2] TRINITI, Troitsk 142092, Moscow, Russia
[3] Intevac Inc, Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
[4] EURATOM, ENEA, CRE, I-00044 Frascati, Italy
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10.1063/1.873446
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
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070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Experiments with plasma heating by waves at the ion cyclotron resonance of a minority species have shown that the heating efficiency degrades above a certain power threshold. It is found that this threshold is due to the destabilization of a branch of shear Alfven waves, the Energetic Particle Modes, which causes a diffusive loss of fast ions. These modes not only play a fundamental role in the transport of the fast ions, but appear closely related to the formation of giant sawteeth. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S1070-664X(99)92305-4].
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页码:1880 / 1884
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