Alpha Channeling in Rotating Plasma with Stationary Waves

A. Fetterman and N.J. Fisch

关键词: ALPHA PARTICLES;    CHANNELING;    MAGNETIC FIELDS;    MIRRORS;    ROTATING PLASMA;    ROTATION Rotating Plasmas;    Wave Interaction;   

DOI  :  10.2172/973087
RP-ID  :  PPPL-4492
PID  :  OSTI ID: 973087
Others  :  TRN: US1001895

学科分类：原子、分子光学和等离子物理

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

An extension of the alpha channeling effect to supersonically rotating mirrors shows that the rotation itself can be driven using alpha particle energy. Alpha channeling uses radiofrequency waves to remove alpha particles collisionlessly at low energy. We show that stationary magnetic fields with high n?? can be used for this purpose, and simulations show that a large fraction of the alpha energy can be converted to rotation energy.