Ion heating in the field-reversed configuration by rotating magnetic fields near the ion-cyclotron resonance

Samuel A. Cohen, Alan H. Glasser

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Abstract

The trajectories of ions confined in a field-reversed configuration (FRC) equilibrium magnetic geometry and heated with a small-amplitude, odd-parity rotating magnetic field (RMF) have been studied with a Hamiltonian computer code. When the RMF frequency is in the ion-cyclotron range, explosive heating occurs. Higher-energy ions are found to have betatron-type orbits, preferentially localized near the FRC’s midplane. These results are relevant to a compact magnetic-fusion-reactor design.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)5114-5117
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume85
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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