Quasilinear diffusion modeling of the alpha‐loss‐cone instability in a tandem‐mirror reactor
作者:
S. K. Ho,
Gary R. Smith,
G. H. Miley,
期刊:
Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics
(AIP Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 1,
issue 10
页码: 2040-2049
ISSN:0899-8221
年代: 1989
DOI:10.1063/1.859068
出版商: AIP
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
The anisotropic loss‐cone distribution of fusion‐born alpha particles in a mirror system is capable of destabilizing low‐frequency plasma waves. A one‐and‐one‐half‐dimensional quasilinear diffusion model is developed to study the nonlinear evolution of the alpha distribution function resulting from enhanced diffusion in velocity space and radial position driven by the unstable Alfve´n wave. It is found that pitch‐angle scattering of the resonant alphas into the loss cone causes significant losses while radial losses are negligible for a reactor‐size plasma. For a typical tandem‐mirror reactor, the alpha plasma heating is greatly reduced and ignition in the central cell cannot be achieved.
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