The use of intense ion beams for heating long ϑ-pinch plasmas to thermonuclear temperatures
- 1 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 29 (1), 5-7
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.88874
Abstract
Motivated by recent advances in the production of intense ion beams, we consider the possible utility of such beams for heating a long thin ϑ‐pinch plasma to thermonuclear temperatures. It is found that ion beams offer an alternative to previously proposed schemes utilizing CO2 laser beams and intense relativistic electron beams.Keywords
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