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Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics -- October 1989 -- Volume 1, Issue 10 pp. 1949-1952

Excitation of the toroidicity-induced shear Alfvén eigenmode by fusion alpha particles in an ignited tokamak

G. Y. Fu and J. W. Van Dam

Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712

(Received 18 April 1989; accepted 6 July 1989)

The toroidicity-induced shear Alfvén eigenmode is found to be destabilized by fusion alpha particles in an ignited tokamak plasma. Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics is copyrighted by The American Institute of Physics.

DOI: 10.1063/1.859057
PACS: 52.55.Pi, 52.35.Bj, 52.55.Fa        Additional Information

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