Toroidal Current Drive by Lower Hybrid Wave in WT-2 Tokamak
Autor: | Hideki Kawai, K. Yamazaki, Takashi Shimozuma, Shigetoshi Tanaka, Y. Hamada, Yasushi Terumichi, Masahiko Nakamura, Takashi Maekawa, S. Kubo, T. Cho |
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Rok vydání: | 1982 |
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Zdroj: | Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. 51:3696-3704 |
ISSN: | 1347-4073 0031-9015 |
DOI: | 10.1143/jpsj.51.3696 |
Popis: | When RF power P rf near the lower hybrid frequency is injected to a low density plasma in WT-2 tokamak, the loop voltage decreases and falls to a negative value, implying that an RF-driven current I rf is produced. The efficient RF-current generation is obtained as I rf / P rf ≈0.6 kA/kW. The associated relaxation oscillation, where voltage spikes, step-like increases in electron cyclotron emission and X-ray bursts appear, and the correlated ion cyclotron instabilities are observed. These phenomena support the production of I rf in the toroidal plasma. |
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