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Osaka University FRC Plasma Heating 2000

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Researchers at Osaka University's Plasma Physics Laboratory conducted experiments on Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) plasma to explore heating via neutral beam injection and low-frequency waves. The study, likely dating from 2000 based on cited research, demonstrates that neutral beam injection significantly improves plasma confinement and that low-frequency compressional waves can successfully heat ions through Alfven resonance mode conversion.
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ST_CODE: A49845

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DOC-LANL-HIG

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8/9/2026

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INTRODUCTION

Additional Heating Experiments of FRC Plasma S. Okada, T. Asai, F. Kodera, K. Kitano, T. Suzuki, K. Yamanaka, T. Kanki, M. Inomoto, S. Yoshimura, M. Okubo, S. Sugimoto, S. Ohi, S. Goto, Plasma Physics Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan e-mail contact of main author: [email protected]

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