Title :
C-Mod: the next Alcator
Author :
Hutchinson, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Plasma Fusion Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Alcator C-Mod is a tokamak under construction at MIT that is expected to play an important and flexible role in the international fusion research effort. It will address many of the vital physics questions still unanswered in high-performance tokamak plasma behavior and allow investigation of innovative approaches to tokamak improvement. The physics and engineering features of the tokamak are described, with an overview of the machine and plasma configurations included. On the basis of empirical scaling laws, an impressive plasma confinement performance is predicted
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; fusion reactor theory and design; plasma toroidal confinement; Alcator C-Mod; international fusion research; plasma behavior; plasma configurations; plasma confinement performance; scaling laws; tokamak; Coils; Design engineering; Ignition; Physics; Plasma confinement; Plasma devices; Plasma stability; Plasma temperature; Tokamaks; Toroidal magnetic fields;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1989. Proceedings., IEEE Thirteenth Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Knoxville, TN
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1989.102162
