Confinement of High-Energy Trapped Particles in Tokamaks

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Authors

R. B. White · Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Abstract

The banana orbits of high-energy trapped particles in tokamaks are found to diffuse rapidly in the radial direction if the toroidal ripple exceeds a low critical value. During this diffusion the energy, the magnetic moment, and the value of the magnetic field strength at the banana tips are conserved.

Topics & Keywords

Magnetic confinement fusion research Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Particle accelerators and beam dynamics

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Publication Details

Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 47, Issue 9, pp. 647-649

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.47.647

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