Second harmonic electron cyclotron current drive experiments on T-10

Autor: G. G. Denisov, S. E. Lysenko, V. M. Trukhin, D.A. Kislov, P.V. Savrukhin, N. L. Vasin, V. A. Krupin, T.C. Luce, V.I. Poznyak, V. I. Belousov, A. Ya. Kislov, A. V. Sushkov, A. V. Gorshkov, Cary Forest, Yu.D. Pavlov, V. V. Chistyakov, A. A. Bagdasarov, R. W. Harvey, V.A. Vershkov, L. K. Kuznetsova, D. B. Evdokimov, Y.A. Gorelov, V. V. Alikaev, G. E. Notkin, M. M. Dremin, I. N. Roj, A. A. Borshegovskij, V. A. Flyagin, J.M. Lohr, V. V. Sannikov, B. Grek, Yu. V. Esipchuk, K. A. Razumova
Rok vydání: 1995
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Zdroj: Nuclear Fusion. 35:369-380
ISSN: 0029-5515
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/35/4/i01
Popis: Results of the electron cyclotron current drive experiment at the second harmonic resonance on the T-10 tokamak are presented. High frequency (HF) power up to 1.2 MW was launched from the low field side. A maximum driven current of 35 kA and current drive efficiency ηCD = 0.05 A/W at an electron temperature Tc(O) = 4 keV and a density nc(0) = 1 × 1013 cm-3 were obtained. For low HF power, the current drive efficiency was less than predicted by the linear theory unless the effect of the elliptical polarization from non-perpendicular injection is considered, in which case the efficiency is close to the theoretical value. The experimental dependence of HF on the absorbed HF power indicated a strong increase of ηCD with power. Suppression of sawtooth oscillations and improvement of confinement during electron cyclotron heating has also been demonstrated
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