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Low aspect ratio tokamak startup and heating using waves in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies

AIP Conf. Proc. -- April 1, 1997 -- Volume 403, pp. 293-296
The twelfth topical conference on radio frequency power in plasmas; doi:10.1063/1.53344

Issue Date: 1 April 1997

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Radio Frequency auxiliary heating for Low Aspect Ratio Tokamaks can facilitate startup and access to high energy density plasmas, reduce the demand on ohmic core volt-seconds, and provide off axis electron heating for a high betae plasma. Calculations for several waves both below and at high harmonics of the ion cyclotron frequency predict significant RF heating even at the lower electron temperatures and densities typical of startup plasmas. Real time adjustments of the antenna array phasing can track plasma start up evolution. ©1997 American Institute of Physics.
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KEYWORDS and PACS

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PACS
  • 52.50.Gj
    Physics of plasmas and electric discharges Plasma production and heating Plasma heating (beam injection, radio-frequency and microwave, ohmic, ICR, ECR, and current drive heating)
  • 52.55.Fa
    Physics of plasmas and electric discharges Magnetic confinement and equilibrium Tokamaks
  • YEAR: 1996-97

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