Abstract
It is proposed that electric currents be generated from the preferential heating of ions travelling in one direction but with no net momentum injected into the system. This can be accomplished with, for example, travelling waves in a two-ion-species plasma. The current can be generated efficiently enough for the scheme to be of interest in maintaining steady-state toroidal currents in a reactor.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 15-22 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Nuclear Fusion |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1981 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics