Excitation of Alfvén Waves by High-Energy Ions in a Tokamak

1975251 citationsJournal Article

Authors

M. N. Rosenbluth · Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

P. H. Rutherford · Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Abstract

It is shown that shear Alfvén waves can be destabilized by resonance with high-energy "beam" ions near the magnetic axis in a tokamak, if the beam is radially nonuniform.Received 31 December 1974DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.34.1428©1975 American Physical Society

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Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Magnetic confinement fusion research Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics

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Publication Details

Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 34, Issue 23, pp. 1428-1431

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.34.1428

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