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Transformer recharging with alpha channeling in tokamaks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2010

N. J. FISCH
N. J. FISCH*
Affiliation:
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08543, USA (fisch@princeton.edu)
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Abstract

Transformer recharging with lower hybrid waves in tokamaks can give low average auxiliary power if the resistivity is kept high enough during the radio frequency recharging stage. At the same time, operation in the hot ion mode via alpha channeling increases the effective fusion reactivity. This paper addresses the extent to which these two large cost-saving steps are compatible.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 76 , Special Issue 3-4: In Honor of Professor Padma Kant Shukla on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday , August 2010 , pp. 627 - 634
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