Open AccessSimulation of Alpha-Channeling in Mirror Machines
Author(s) -
Andrey Zhmoginov,
Nathaniel J. Fisch
Publication year - 2008
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/959398
Subject(s) - ion , alpha (finance) , physics , space (punctuation) , power (physics) , atomic physics , traveling wave , computational physics , computer science , mathematics , statistics , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , operating system , construct validity , psychometrics
Applying α-channeling techniques to mirror machines can significantly increase their effective reactivity, thus making open configurations more advantageous for practical fusion. A large fraction of α particle energy can be extracted using rf waves. Effects employed to cool α particles can also in principle be used to heat the fusion ions; the possibility to design a configuration of rf waves which could be used to perform both tasks is demonstrated