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 language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 5114-5117 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue number | 24 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy
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