Plasma and Fusion Research
Volume 5, S1031 (2010)
Regular Articles
- Department of Electronic Engineering, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin-cho, Kiryu 376-8515, Japan
Abstract
It is shown that the magnetic flux of a field-reversed configuration plasma can be supplied by neutral beam injection heating. Although the beam ion current leads a flux decay due to interaction between fast ions and electrons that carries the current dominantly, the thermal force affects sustainment of the flux. The azimuthal electric field is the only source of flux supply in the newly developed model.
Keywords
neutral beam injection, field-reversed configuration, flux supply, electron heating, resistive decay, thermal force, Monte-Carlo simulation
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This paper may be cited as follows:
Fusaki P. IIZIMA and Toshiki TAKAHASHI, Plasma Fusion Res. 5, S1031 (2010).