Published September 6, 1993 | Version public
Journal Article

Creating poloidal flux in a tokamak plasma with low frequency

  • 1. ROR icon California Institute of Technology

Abstract

Using a fully toroidal, collisionless, low frequency model, we show that low amplitude, circularly polarized waves can, depending on antenna geometry (i) drive the toroidal EMF necessary to sustain a tokamak reactor, or (ii) shift the internal current profile. Measurements on a small tokamak to test (ii) agree with the model predictions.

Additional Information

© 1993 Published by Elsevier B.V. Received 8 December 1992, Revised 14 March 1993, Accepted 2 July 1993. The authors are happy to acknowledge stimulating conversations with R.W. Gould and E. Cowan of Caltech, as well as discussions with V.S. Chan of General Atomics and R.R. Mett of the University of Texas. This work was supported by the NSF and U.S. DOE. R.K.K. was supported by a U.S. DOE Magnetic Fusion Energy postdoctoral fellowship.

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82744
DOI
10.1016/0375-9601(93)90709-9
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CaltechAUTHORS:20171027-141301656

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Department of Energy (DOE)

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