Plans for Lower Hybrid Current Drive Experiment using a Dielectric Loaded Waveguide Array Antenna in TST-2

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作者
Wakatsuki, T. [1 ]
Ejiri, A. [1 ]
Kakuda, H. [1 ]
Meneghini, O. [2 ]
Shiraiwa, S. [2 ]
Takase, Y. [1 ]
Wright, J. C. [2 ]
Ambo, T. [1 ]
Hanashima, K. [1 ]
Hiratsuka, J. [1 ]
Nagashima, Y. [1 ]
Sakamoto, T. [1 ]
Shino, R. [1 ]
Sonehara, M. [1 ]
Yamaguchi, T. [1 ]
Watanabe, O. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tokyo, Tokyo 1130033, Japan
[2] MIT Plasma Sci & Fus Ctr, Cambridge, MA USA
关键词
Lower Hybrid Wave; Spherical Tokamak; Simulation;
D O I
10.1063/1.3665008
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
Plasma current start-up experiments using the lower hybrid wave (LHW) excited by a new dielectric loaded waveguide array antenna are planned on TST-2. The wave excitation efficiency of this antenna is investigated using a versatile FEM solver package, COMSOL. Propagation and absorption of the LHW are calculated by iterating between the TORLH full wave code and the CQL3D Fokker-Planck code. Wave absorption is very weak for Maxwellian plasma, but becomes stronger as the quasilinear deformation of the distribution function develops.
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