Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 10 / Number 3P2B / November 1986 / Pages 1171-1176
Fusion Reactor Design—II / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24889
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The modeling of the steady-state fusion-born alpha particle distribution in a mirror loss-cone is investigated. The Legendre function expansion and diffusion-front methods are reviewed and examined. The diffusion-front method is shown to be an accurate and efficient method for alpha-loss-cone instability calculations in a tandem mirror fusion device.