SATURATION OF PARAMETRIC-INSTABILITIES IN LOWER HYBRID HEATING OF TOKAMAK PLASMAS

被引:1
作者
HEIKKINEN, JA
KARTTUNEN, SJ
机构
[1] Technical Research Cent of Finland, Helsinki, Finl, Technical Research Cent of Finland, Helsinki, Finl
关键词
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - Propagation in Plasma - TOKAMAK DEVICES;
D O I
10.1088/0029-5515/27/1/012
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 non-linear analysis of parametric instabilities in lower hybrid heating of tokamak plasmas is presented. Harmonic generation of the low frequency mode and its effect on the evolution of the parametric decay of a lower hybrid pump to another lower hybrid wave and a low frequency mode is investigated, and numerical calculations of the relevant wave system are carried out. It is found that the coupling of the low frequency wave to its harmonic may effectively suppress the spatial growth of the primary instability.
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