1. Confinement and heating of a deuterium-tritium plasma
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Hawryluk, RJ, Adler, H, Alling, P, Ancher, C, Anderson, H, Anderson, JL, Ashcroft, D, Barnes, Cris W, Barnes, G, Batha, S, Bell, MG, Bell, R, Bitter, M, Blanchard, W, Bretz, NL, Budny, R, Bush, CE, Camp, R, Caorlin, M, Cauffman, S, Chang, Z, Cheng, CZ, Collins, J, Coward, G, Darrow, DS, DeLooper, J, Duong, H, Dudek, L, Durst, R, Efthimion, PC, Ernst, D, Fisher, R, Fonck, RJ, Fredrickson, E, Fromm, N, Fu, GY, Furth, HP, Gentile, C, Gorelenkov, N, Grek, B, Grisham, LR, Hammett, G, Hanson, GR, Heidbrink, W, Herrmann, HW, Hill, KW, Hosea, J, Hsuan, H, Janos, A, Jassby, DL, Jobes, FC, Johnson, DW, Johnson, LC, Kamperschroer, J, Kugel, H, Lam, NT, LaMarche, PH, Loughlin, MJ, LeBlanc, B, Leonard, M, Levinton, FM, Machuzak, J, Mansfield, DK, Martin, A, Mazzucato, E, Majeski, R, Marmar, E, McChesney, J, McCormack, B, McCune, DC, McGuire, KM, McKee, G, Meade, DM, Medley, SS, Mikkelsen, DR, Mueller, D, Murakami, M, Nagy, A, Nazikian, R, Newman, R, Nishitani, T, Norris, M, O’Connor, T, Oldaker, M, Osakabe, M, Owens, DK, Park, H, Park, W, Paul, SF, Pearson, G, Perry, E, Petrov, M, Phillips, CK, Pitcher, S, Ramsey, A, Rasmussen, DA, Redi, MH, Roberts, D, Rogers, J, and Rossmassler, R
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Mathematical Sciences ,Physical Sciences ,Engineering ,General Physics - Abstract
The Tomamak Fusion Test reactor has performed initial high-power experiments with the plasma fueled with nominally equal densities of deuterium and tritium. Compared to pure deuterium plasmas, the energy stored in the electron and ions increased by ∼20%. These increases indicate improvements in confinement associated with the use of tritium and possibly heating of electrons by α particles created by the D-T fusion reactions. © 1994 The American Physical Society.
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- 1994