Global stochastic particles in a field-reversed configuration

This paper discusses the dynamics of the fusion products of the D-He3 reaction in a field-reversed configuration, with application to a reactor regime with a large value of the plasma β. It shows that, under the conditions in the Artemis-L design [H. Momota and Y. Tomita, J. Plasma Fusion Res. 69, 801 (1993)], the motion of protons with an initial energy of 14.1 MeV is strongly stochasticized. The confinement time of these particles and the energy transfer from the fusion products to the plasma are very small.