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Author(s):
T. Takahashi and Y. Nakao
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Title:
Thermonuclear Reactivity of D-T Fusion Plasma with Spin-Polarized Fuel
Date of publication:
Apr. 1999
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Key words:
spin-polarized fusion, thermonuclear reactivity, depolarization, spin-orbit interaction, waves
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Abstract:
The thermonuclear reactivity of deuterium(D) - tritium(T) fusion plasma with spin-polarized fuel has been studied. Two mechanisms of depolarization, collisions and waves, in the high temperature fusion plasma have been considered. The binary collisions have been found not to change the nuclear spin states. The waves with a frequency of a few GHz, however, changes the spin states appreciably, when delta B/B_0 ( the ratio of the amplitude of the fluctuating magnetic field to the external field ) becomes larger than 10^-5.
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