Mechanism for theRadiation in Tokamaks
- 17 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 40 (16), 1091-1094
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.40.1091
Abstract
The emission of a narrow line of electromagnetic radiation at the central plasma frequency, observed on several Tokamaks, is explained in terms of the scattering of enhanced plasma oscillations from thermal ion acoustic fluctuations. The emission and induced absorption rates calculated for the plasma fluctuation levels expected are considerable and the radiation is self-absorbed to an effective black-body level. The frequency, power, and polarization then predicted are in agreement with the experiment.Keywords
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