Ion Acceleration during Reconnection in MAST

Ion Acceleration during Reconnection in MAST

Ion Acceleration during Reconnection in MAST 150 150 UKAEA Opendata

Spontaneous acceleration of ions to suprathermal energies is observed during magnetic reconnection in the Mega-Ampere Spherical Tokamak (MAST). A high-energy tail is observed in the iondistribution function following each internal reconnection event in Ohmic discharges. This phenomenon is explained in terms of runaway ion acceleration in the electric field induced by the reconnection.

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02/12/2002