Direct determination of the electron energy confinement time of a tokamak plasma |
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| Authors: | AS Fisher G Bekefi |
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| Institution: | Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA |
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| Abstract: | A method of determining the electron energy confinement time τE is presented which does not require the absolute electron temperatures and densities, or their spatial profiles. A short heating pulse is applied to the plasma; the subsequent decay of electron temperature yields τE. |
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