Confining a tokamak plasma with rf-driven currents

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Abstract

Continuous toroidal electron currents, which sustain the poloidal magnetic field in tokamaks, may be generated by injecting waves with net parallel momentum into the plasma via phased waveguide arrays. Waves with high phase velocity can produce a current capable of confining a reactor plasma so that steady-state tokamak operation with acceptable power dissipation becomes possible.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)873-876
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume41
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - 1978

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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