Simulation of Alpha-Channeling in Mirror Machines
Authors: A.I. Zhmoginov, N.J. Fisch
Abstract:
Applying α-channeling techniques to mirror machines can significantly increase their effective reactivity, thus making open configurations more advantageous for practical fusion. A large fraction of α particle energy can be extracted using rf waves. Effects employed to cool α particles can also in principle be used to heat the fusion ions; the possibility to design a configuration of rf waves which could be used to perform both tasks is demonstrated.
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Accepted in: Physics of Plasmas (January 2008) Manscript No. POP32072
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