Physics Regimes in the Fusion Ignition Research Experiment (FIRE)

Meade, D.M. ; S.C.Jardin ; Kessel, C.E. ; Ulrickson, M.A. ; Schultz, J.H. ; Rutherford, P.H. ; Schmidt, J.A. ; Wesley, J.C. ; Young, K.M. ; N.A.Uckan ; Thome, R.J. ; Heitzenroeder, P. ; Nelson, B.E. ; C.C.Baker, and

Princeton University. Plasma Physics Laboratory.

关键词: Heating;    70 Plasma Physics And Fusion Technology;    Stability;    Ignition;    Design;   

DOI  :  10.2172/787681
RP-ID  :  PPPL-3582
RP-ID  :  AC02-76CH03073
RP-ID  :  787681

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Burning plasma science is recognized widely as the next frontier in fusion research. The Fusion Ignition Research Experiment (FIRE) is a design study of a next-step burning plasma experiment with the goal of developing a concept for an experimental facility to explore and understand the strong nonlinear coupling among confinement, magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) self-heating, stability, edge physics, and wave-particle interactions that is fundamental to fusion plasma behavior. This will require plasmas dominated by alpha heating (Q greater than or equal to 5) that are sustained for a duration comparable to characteristic plasma timescales (greater than or equal to 10) tau(subscript ''E''), approximately 4 tau(subscript ''He''), approximately 2 tau(subscript ''skin''). The work reported here has been undertaken with the objective of finding the minimum size (cost) device to achieve these physics goals.