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Initial confinement studies of ohmically heated plasmas in the tokamak fusion test reactor

  • P. C. Efthimion
  • , M. Bell
  • , W. R. Blanehard
  • , N. Bretz
  • , J. L. Cecchi
  • , J. Coonrod
  • , S. Davis
  • , H. F. Dylla
  • , R. Fonck
  • , H. P. Furth
  • , Robert James Goldston
  • , D. J. Grove
  • , R. J. Hawryluk
  • , H. Hendel
  • , K. W. Hill
  • , S. Von Goeler
  • , J. Isaacson
  • , D. L. Jassby
  • , L. C. Johnson
  • , R. Kaita
  • S. Kaye, R. B. Krawchuk, R. Little, M. McCarthy, D. McCune, K. McGuire, D. Meade, S. S. Medley, D. Mikkelsen, D. Mueller, E. Nieschmidt, D. K. Owens, D. Post, A. Ramsey, A. L. Roquemore, P. Rutherford, L. Samuelson, N. Sauthoff, J. Schivell, J. A. Schmidt, S. Sesnic, C. Singer, J. Sinnis, J. Strachan, G. D. Tait, G. Taylor, F. Tenney, M. Ulrickson, S. Yoshikawa, K. M. Young

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Abstract

Initial operation of the tokamak fusion test reactor has concentrated upon confinement studies of Ohmically heated hydrogen and deuterium plasmas. Total energy confinement times (E) are 0.1-0.2 s for a line-average density range (n»e) of (1-2.5)×1019 m-3 with electron temperatures of Te(0)1.2-2.2 keV, ion temperatures of Ti(0)0.9-1.5 keV, and Zeff3. A comparison of Princeton large torus, poloidal divertor experiment, and tokamak fusion test reactor plasma confinement supports a dimension-cubed scaling law.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1492-1495
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume52
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - 1984

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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