Possibility of Achieving Ignition in a High-Field Ohmically Heated Tokamak
- 9 March 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 46 (10) , 654-657
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.46.654
Abstract
There exists a regime in parameter space where a small high-field Ohmically heated tokamak may be capable of reaching thermonuclear ignition. Results of numerical simulations of the minimum ignition conditions are presented, including empirical, sawtooth, and magnetic-field ripple diffusion and the effects of impurities. An ignition condition is derived and compared with the results of the numerical simulations.Keywords
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