Studies of energetic ion confinement during fishbone events in PDX
Abstract
The 2.5 MeV neutron emission from the beam-target d(d, n)3He fusion reaction has been examined for all PDX deuterium plasmas which were heated by deuterium neutral beams. The magnitude of the emission was found to scale classically and to increase with Te3/2a as expected when electron drag is the primary energy degradation mechanism. The time evolution of the neutron emission through fishbone events was measured and used to determine the confinement properties of the energetic beam ions. Many of the experimental results are predicted by the Mode Particle Pumping Theory. © 1985 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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