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Plasma Physics Regimes in Tokamaks with Li Walls

Authors: L.E. Zakharov, N.N. Gorelenkov, R.B. White, S.I. Krasheninnikov, and G.V. Pereverzev

Date of PPPL Report: August 2003

Published in: Fusion Engineering and Design 72:1-3 (November 2004) 49-168.
Title changed to: Ignited Spherical Tokamaks and Plasma Regimes with Li Walls

Low recycling regimes with a plasma limited by a lithium wall surface suggest enhanced stability and energy confinement, both necessary for tokamak reactors. These regimes could make ignition feasible in compact tokamaks. Ignited Spherical Tokamaks (IST), self-sufficient in the bootstrap current, are introduced as a necessary step for development of the physics and technology of power reactors.