Bootstrap Tokamak Reactor Driven by Fusion-Produced Alpha Particles
- 5 November 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 53 (19) , 1825-1828
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.53.1825
Abstract
A new possibility for steady-state current drive based on the use of neoclassical transport processes in tokamak reactors is considered. It is found that the existence of a steady-state self-sustaining plasma current can be ensured with a bootstrap current generated on the magnetic axis by fusion-produced alpha particles. The radial distribution of the driving current turns out to be peaked at a radius close to the magnetic axis.Keywords
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