• DocumentCode
    2055950
  • Title

    Cavity resonance mode plasma breakdown for the IGNITEX experiment

  • Author

    Eways, S.E. ; Booth, W.D. ; Carrera, R. ; Oakes, M.E. ; Jaeger, E.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    2-6 Oct 1989
  • Firstpage
    838
  • Abstract
    RF cavity resonance mode breakdown for the Fusion Ignition Experiment (IGNITEX) is studied. It is shown, using an average electron calculation, that the ionization rate is much larger than the loss rate and breakdown can be achieved with modest RF power. The cavity resonance mode favorable for breakdown is the TM (transverse magnetic) which has a resonance frequency of 246.5 MHz
  • Keywords
    fusion reactor ignition; fusion reactor theory and design; plasma instability; plasma toroidal confinement; Fusion Ignition Experiment; IGNITEX experiment; RF cavity resonance mode breakdown; average electron calculation; ionization rate; loss rate; plasma breakdown; transverse magnetic; Breakdown voltage; Electric breakdown; Electrons; Ionization; Magnetic resonance; Plasma confinement; Plasma density; Radio frequency; Tokamaks; Toroidal magnetic fields;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Fusion Engineering, 1989. Proceedings., IEEE Thirteenth Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Knoxville, TN
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FUSION.1989.102348
  • Filename
    102348
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2055950