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Record 1 1999-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

A cone in the velocity space of particles in a plasma confined by magnetic mirrors; particles with velocities in the cone are not trapped by the mirrors and are lost out of the system.

OBS

Term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Dans un miroir magnétique, cône ayant même axe de symétrie que le miroir [...] Les particules chargées dont la vitesse initiale fait avec l'axe du miroir un angle inférieur à [l'angle au sommet] traversent le miroir sans être réfléchies.

OBS

"Cône de perte" a été normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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