60 Years of neutral particle analysis: from early tokamaks to ITER

• Published in: European physical journal H Vol. 46; no. 1
• Main Authors: Petrov, M. P., Afanasyev, V. I., Chernyshev, F. V., Goncharov, P. R., Mironov, M. I., Petrov, S. Ya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analyzers; Astronomy; Astrophysics and Cosmology; Distribution functions; Fluxes; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; History of Science; Hydrogen isotopes; Ion distribution; Isotope ratios; Measurement Science and Instrumentation; Neutral particles; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Plasma; Quantum Physics; Regular Article; Stellarators; Tokamak devices; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics > USSR

Academician A. D. Sakharov’s idea concerning the emission of atomic flux from hot plasma (1951) inspired scientists of A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute to create the first in the world instrument called Neutral Atom Analyzer in 1960 and then in 1961 to use it successfully on the Alpha device...