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Ya. I. Kolesnichenko, Yu. V. Yakovenko
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 18 | Number 4 | December 1990 | Pages 597-605
Alpha Particles in Fusion Research | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29252
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The toroidal rotation of a plasma with alpha particles is studied. The various mechanisms and factors of alpha-particle influence on rotation are considered: (a) the difference between the actual radial profile shape of the alpha particles and the profile shape of alpha-particle production; (b) the finite relaxation times of the toroidal angular momentum for the various components of a fusion plasma; and (c) the non-zero average longitudinal velocity of alpha particles escaping from a plasma. The alpha-particle longitudinal current in the peripheral region of an International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor-like tokamak is found, using the assumption that the alpha-particle radial distribution is determined by the diffusion of the toroidally trapped particles.