10.57647/jtap.2026.2001.06

ITER Quality Factor Increasing Due to Thermal ‎Noise Effects

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  • Mohammad Ali Zarei1,
  • Abuzar Shakeri*2,
  1. Department of Physics, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
  2. Department of Physics, Shi.C., Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran

Received: 2025-06-05

Revised: 2025-08-14

Accepted: 2025-11-24

Published in Issue 2026-02-28

Published Online: 2025-12-06

Copyright (c) 2025 Mohammad Ali Zarei, Abuzar Shakeri (Author)

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Zarei MA, Shakeri A. ITER Quality Factor Increasing Due to Thermal ‎Noise Effects. J Theor Appl phys. 2026 Feb. 28;20(1). Available from: https://oiccpress.com/jtap/article/view/18093
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Abstract

In this study the time variation of energy and particles densities in burning plasma for DT fuel in ITER tokamak in the presence of thermal noise are investigated. In order to attain an appropriate set of particle and energy balance equations, a suitable thermal noise term is considered in this set of four coupled differential equations. These equations are solved simultaneously by numerical methods. The results of the calculations for fusion power, particles densities, fusion energy density and quality factor in two states without noise and with noise show that in the conditions where the thermal noise is involved, the above parameters and the quality factor are increased and actually system performance is improved.

Keywords

  • Density,
  • Fusion,
  • ITER tokamak,
  • Quality Factor,
  • Thermal Noise
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