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Hideki Nakashima, Yasuhiko Inoue, Yukinori Kanda, Yasuyuki Nakao, Masami Ohnishi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 22 | Number 1 | August 1992 | Pages 73-81
Technical Paper | D-3He/Fusion Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30056
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The behavior of a rapidly expanding plasma in the cavity of a D-3He inertial confinement fusion reactor has been analyzed. A magnetic field is applied in the cavity for deceleration and deflection of the plasma ions. A hybrid particle simulation shows that the Rayleigh-Taylor instability that develops has such a slow growth rate that the cavity wall will not be damaged.
