Alpha channeling in mirror machines and in tokamaks

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 2 T., 2007, Pages 1-6

  Fisch, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; COOLING; DIFFUSION; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

ALPHA CHANNELING; HOT ALPHA PARTICLES; MIRROR REACTORS; PERIPHERY;

MIRRORS;

EID: 34247544938     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/fst07-a1303     Document Type: Conference Paper

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