Current generation in a relativistic plasma
- 1 December 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 24 (6) , 3245-3248
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.24.3245
Abstract
The relativistic dynamics of fast current carriers are rich in intriguing phenomena not appearing in the Newtonian limit. It is shown that because of these dynamics there is a bound to the efficiency of driving current in a tokamak either by waves or other means. Analytic techniques uncover the current-drive scheme which yields the maximum attainable efficiency.Keywords
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