Theory for avalanche of runaway electrons in tokamaks

被引:408
作者
Rosenbluth, MN [1 ]
Putvinski, SV [1 ]
机构
[1] ITER, San Diego, CA USA
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10.1088/0029-5515/37/10/I03
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
An analysis is presented of runaway electron formation and its evolution during disruptions in large tokamaks, where avalanche phenomena play a crucial role. A simplified, but sufficiently accurate, analytical model suitable for one dimensional (1-D) transport codes is proposed. Validation of the model was done by comparison with Monte Carlo calculations.
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页码:1355 / 1362
页数:8
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