LOWER-HYBRID CURRENT DRIVE ACCESSIBILITY STUDY WITH RECONSTRUCTED MAGNETIC EQUILIBRIA IN PBX-M

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作者
PAOLETTI, F
IGNAT, DW
KESNER, J
BERNABEI, S
KAITA, R
LEBLANC, B
LEVINTON, FM
LUCKHARDT, SC
机构
[1] MIT,CTR PLASMA FUS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[2] FUS PHYS & TECHNOL,TORRANCE,CA
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D O I
10.1088/0029-5515/34/6/I01
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
Ray tracing simulations based on experimental PBX-M equilibria show a limited range of the parallel wavenumber (n(parallel-to) = k(parallel-to)c/omega) along a my trajectory. The range of n(parallel-to) accessible to the excited wave is shown to have both a lower and an upper bound. The ray's phase volume is projected into (n(parallel-to), R, Z) space to define a domain of wave accessibility for each toroidal mode number excited by the launcher. A comparison of circular and bean shaped plasmas with a high aspect ratio (A approximately 5.5) shows that the rays fill a substantially larger portion of the accessible domain in bean shaped plasmas. Furthermore, in the bean shaped case the accessible domain tends to extend to higher n(parallel-to).
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页码:771 / 776
页数:6
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