cyclotron-resonance heating
cyclotron-resonance heating
[′sī·klə‚trän ′rez·ən·əns ′hēd·iŋ] (plasma physics)
A modification of magnetic pumping that involves compressing and expanding plasma at a frequency approximating the cyclotron frequency of the ions in the plasma; the goal is temperatures above several million degrees.
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