Patent
1977-06-14
1978-09-19
Engle, Samuel W.
176 5, G21B 100
Patent
active
041151917
ABSTRACT:
An intense, space-charge-neutralized, pulsed ion beam is used to heat a magnetically-confined plasma, such as a tokamak plasma, by injecting the ion beam into the plasma along a trajectory that is generally perpendicular to the confining magnetic field. For proper beam parameters, the ion beam will propagate across the magnetic field in the vacuum region, penetrate the confined plasma, and deposit its energy in the interior of the plasma.
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Manheimer Wallace M.
Ott Edward
Cangialosi S. A.
Engle Samuel W.
Rasmussen David
Schneider Philip
Sciascia R. S.
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