Energetics of runaway electrons during tokamak disruptions
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Energetics of runaway electrons during tokamak disruptions
In a tokamak disruption, a substantial fraction of the plasma current can be converted into runaway electrons. Although these are usually highly relativistic, their total energy is initially much smaller than that of the pre-disruption plasma. However, following a suggestion by Putvinski et al. [Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 39, B157 (1997)], it is shown that as the post-disruption plasma drifts...
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1 Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 230031 Hefei, China 2 Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research Plasma Physics (IEK-4), Association EURATOM-FZJ, 52425 Jülich, Germany 3 ITER Organization, Route de Vinon sur Verdon, 13115 St Paul Lez Durance, France 4 Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, 17491 Greifswald, Germany 5 State Key Laboratory o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physics of Plasmas
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1070-664X,1089-7674
DOI: 10.1063/1.3671974