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Ion cyclotron heating

Fusion

RF heating at the ion cyclotron frequency.

Ion cyclotron resonance heating launches radio waves that resonate with ion gyromotion in a magnetic field, transferring energy to the plasma.

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External Heating

The word "tokamak" is of Russian origin and means "toroidal chamber and magnetic coils." This magnetic confinement system holds plasma in magnetic fields of toroidal shape. The first tokamak, the T-1, started operation in 1958 in Russia, and since then the greatest advances in th

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Plasma

Ionized gas of charged particles.