ANALYTICAL SOLUTION FOR THE MODE CONVERSION EQUATIONS WITH STEEP EXPONENTIAL DENSITY PROFILES

被引:3
作者
ALAVA, MJ [1 ]
HEIKKINEN, JA [1 ]
机构
[1] TECH RES CTR FINLAND,NUCL ENGN LAB,SF-02150 ESPOO,FINLAND
来源
PHYSICS OF FLUIDS B-PLASMA PHYSICS | 1992年 / 4卷 / 01期
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D O I
10.1063/1.860410
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
A general analytical solution for the converted power from the fast magnetosonic wave to an ion Bernstein wave in a magnetized plasma with an exponential steeply increasing density profile is given in the closed form. The solution covers both the conversion at the lower-hybrid resonance and the conversion through the density gradient for small parallel wave numbers. As an application, the conversion coefficients at the scrape-off layer plasma are estimated in the context of ion cyclotron heating of a tokamak plasma.
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