PARAMETRIC-INSTABILITIES IN THE TOKAMAK EDGE PLASMA IN THE ION-CYCLOTRON HEATING REGIMES

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PORKOLAB, M
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[1] Plasma Fusion Center, MIT, Cambridge
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10.1016/0920-3796(90)90068-H
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TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];
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0827 ; 082701 ;
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Parametric instabilities in the scrape-off layer (SOL) of tokamak plasmas are studied in the presence of ICRF and/or IBW RF fields. Growth rates and typical threshold RF fields are deduced for multi-ion species plasmas for pump frequencies in the vicinity of the first few ion cyclotron harmonics. Decay instabilities into ion Bernstein waves and quasi-modes are predicted to occur. Such decay waves may lead to edge heating and impurity generation. © 1990.
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