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Turbulent heating of tokamak plasmas by runaway electron beam– plasma instability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

R. Jones
Affiliation:
Physics Department, University of Natal, Durban, RSA 4001

Abstract

Low ‘Ohmic’ voltages are adequate for establishing intense runaway electron beams in toroidal devices. These beams do not destroy conventional tokamak equilibrium and stability but still prove sufficient for turbulent heating by beam–plasma interaction.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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