ELECTRON HEATING AND CURRENT DRIVE BY MODE CONVERTED SLOW WAVES

被引:75
作者
MAJESKI, R
PHILLIPS, CK
WILSON, JR
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[1] Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ 08543
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2204
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
An approach to obtaining efficient single-pass-mode conversion at high parallel wave number from the fast magnetosonic wave to the slow ion Bernstein wave, in a two-ion species tokamak plasma, is described. The intent is to produce localized electron heating or current drive via the mode-converted slow wave. In particular, this technique can be adapted to off-axis current drive for current profile control. Modeling for the case of deuterium-tritium plasmas in TFTR is presented.
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页码:2204 / 2207
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