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It is one of the main figures of merit of magnetically confined plasmas, and one of the factors of the [[:Wikipedia:Lawson criterion|Lawson criterion]] for fusion. | It is one of the main figures of merit of magnetically confined plasmas, and one of the factors of the [[:Wikipedia:Lawson criterion|Lawson criterion]] for fusion. | ||
== See also == | |||
* [[Scaling law]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 18:06, 4 August 2010
The energy confinement time is defined as a function of the global plasma energy content, W, and the applied total heating power, P: [1]
It is one of the main figures of merit of magnetically confined plasmas, and one of the factors of the Lawson criterion for fusion.
See also
References
- ↑ J.P. Freidberg, Plasma physics and fusion energy, Cambridge University Press (2007) ISBN 0521851076