Nonresonant Diffusion in Alpha Channeling
arXiv:2012.06532 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.025003
Abstract
The gradient of fusion-born alpha particles that arises in a fusion reactor can be exploited to amplify waves, which cool the alpha particles while diffusively extracting them from the reactor. The corresponding extraction of the resonant alpha particle charge has been suggested as a mechanism to drive rotation. By deriving a coupled linear-quasilinear theory of alpha channeling, we show that, for a time-growing wave with a purely poloidal wavevector, a current in the nonresonant ions cancels the resonant alpha particle current, preventing the rotation drive but fueling the fusion reaction.
arXiv comment5 pages, 3 figures, plus 4-page supplementary material
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