Perturbing microwave beams by plasma density fluctuations

Autor: Köhn, Alf, Holzhauer, Eberhard, Leddy, Jarrod, Thomas, Matthew B., Vann, Roddy G. L.
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: EPJ Web of Conferences 147, 01001 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/201714701001
Popis: The propagation of microwaves across a turbulent plasma density layer is investigated with full-wave simulations. To properly represent a fusion edge-plasma, drift-wave turbulence is considered based on the Hasegawa-Wakatani model. Scattering and broadening of a microwave beam whose amplitude distribution is of Gaussian shape is studied in detail as a function of certain turbulence properties. Parameters leading to the strongest deterioration of the microwave beam are identified and implications for existing experiments are given.
Databáze: arXiv