Observation of Beam-Induced Currents in a Toroidal Plasma

Observation of Beam-Induced Currents in a Toroidal Plasma

The observation of a reverse electron current excited when fast ions are trapped in a toroidal plasma is reported. The induced electron current was measured in the Culham superconducting Levitron as a function of electron temperature and found to be larger than that predicted assuming a shifted Maxw...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review letters 1978-06, Vol.40 (23), p.1497-1500
Hauptverfasser: Start, D. F. H., Collins, P. R., Jones, E. M., Riviere, A. C., Sweetman, D. R.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:The observation of a reverse electron current excited when fast ions are trapped in a toroidal plasma is reported. The induced electron current was measured in the Culham superconducting Levitron as a function of electron temperature and found to be larger than that predicted assuming a shifted Maxwellian electron distribution.
ISSN:0031-9007
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.40.1497