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Alpha Particle Confinement

Alpha Particle Confinement is a physical process in magnetic confinement fusion whereby alpha particles, produced by deuterium-tritium fusion reactions, are retained within the plasma by electromagnetic fields to enable efficient self-heating and sustained fusion burn.

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High fusion performance from deuterium-tritium plasmas in JET

M. Keilhacker, C. Gormezano, P. Lomas et al. · Nuclear Fusion · 1999 · 305 citations

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Energetic particle physics in fusion research in preparation for burning plasma experiments

S. D. Pinches, K. Toi · Nuclear Fusion · 2014 · 262 citations

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Inertially confined fusion plasmas dominated by alpha-particle self-heating

O. A. Hurricane, D. A. Callahan, D. T. Casey et al. · Nature Physics · 2016 · 186 citations · Full text

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Burn condition, helium particle confinement and exhaust efficiency

D. Reiter, G.H. Wolf, H. Kever · Nuclear Fusion · 1990 · 181 citations

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Boron-Proton Nuclear-Fusion Enhancement Induced in Boron-Doped Silicon Targets by Low-Contrast Pulsed Laser

A. Picciotto, D. Margarone, A. Velyhan et al. · Physical Review X · 2014 · 138 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SS
    S. S. Medley

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, United States

    19 publications · 820 citations

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  2. RB
    R. Budny

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, United States

    17 publications · 730 citations

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  3. SJ
    S. J. Zweben

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, United States

    17 publications · 594 citations

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  4. JM
    J. M. McChesney

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, United States

    13 publications · 499 citations

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  5. RK
    R. K. Fisher

    General Atomics (United States), United States

    15 publications · 555 citations

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Institutions

131

  1. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

    Princeton, United States

    21 h-index

    702 publications

    21.4K citations

  2. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    18 h-index

    736 publications

    21.1K citations

  3. General Atomics (United States)

    San Diego, United States

    13 h-index

    95 publications

    3.8K citations

  4. Culham Science Centre

    Abingdon, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    57 publications

    2.2K citations

  5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Oak Ridge, United States

    12 h-index

    35 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    36 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    11 h-index

    42 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

    Garching, Germany

    10 h-index

    36 publications

    1.4K citations

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  1. Nuclear Fusion

    40 publications · 2K citations

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  2. Physics of Plasmas

    16 publications · 585 citations

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  3. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

    16 publications · 737 citations

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  4. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 9 publications · 520 citations

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  5. Review of Scientific Instruments

    9 publications · 161 citations

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