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Images of plasma disruption effects in the tokamak fusion test reactor
- Source :
- IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. Feb, 1999, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p112, 2 p.
- Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- Fast-framing imaging of visible radiation from magnetically confined plasmas has lately become a useful tool for both machine operation and physics studies. Using an intensified, commercial Kodak Ektapro imaging system, the effects of a plasma disruption were observed in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR). The high-energy 'runaway' electrons created soon after the disruption collide with the plasma facing components damaging this surface and producing a shower of debris that traverses the toroidal vessel and 'falls' over the inner bumper limiter. Index Terms - Digital systems, magnetic confinement, optical imaging, plasmas, tokamaks.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00933813
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.54828863