TY - JOUR
T1 - Excitation of large-kθ ion-bernstein waves in tokamaks
AU - Valeo, E. J.
AU - Fisch, N. J.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - The mode-converted ion-Bernstein wave excited in tokamaks is shown to exhibit certain very interesting behaviors, including the attainment of very small poloidal phase velocities, the reversal of poloidal direction, and up-down asymmetries in propagation and damping. Because of these effects, this wave holds promise for channeling α-particle power to ions, something that would make a tokamak fusion reactor far more attractive than presently envisioned.
AB - The mode-converted ion-Bernstein wave excited in tokamaks is shown to exhibit certain very interesting behaviors, including the attainment of very small poloidal phase velocities, the reversal of poloidal direction, and up-down asymmetries in propagation and damping. Because of these effects, this wave holds promise for channeling α-particle power to ions, something that would make a tokamak fusion reactor far more attractive than presently envisioned.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.3536
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.3536
M3 - Article
C2 - 10057408
AN - SCOPUS:4043090245
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 73
SP - 3536
EP - 3539
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 26
ER -