Abstract
Wave driven fast ion loss in the National Spherical Torus Experiment was analyzed. Two classes of instabilities were found to be responsible for the losses. Simultaneously bursting modes in the Toroidal Alfvén eigenmode frequency gap caused neutron drops of up to 15%.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2852-2862 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Physics of Plasmas |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2003 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Condensed Matter Physics