Analysis of the heating of the Magnum-PSI and Pilot-PSI plasma in the GHz range

R. Koch, M. Van De Pol, F. Louche, W. R. Koppers, N. J.Lopes Cardozo

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Résumé

Magnum-PSI [1] (under construction) and Pilot-PSI [2, 3] are linear plasma machines. The former is designed to study plasma-surface interactions in conditions relevant to the ITER divertor. To generate the power flux required by these studies, radio-frequency heating has been planned. Around typical Magnum-PSI conditions (B0=3T, ne=1020-10 21m-3, T=1-5eV), after low frequency [4], higher-frequency schemes are investigated. These range from below the lower-hybrid frequency to the helicon wave range with a preference for 2.45 GHz where equipment is easily available. First experiments have been performed on the smaller machine Pilot-PSI (B0=0.4-1.6T). In this paper the conditions for wave propagation and absorption are investigated for both machines in broad parameter ranges to determine the most favourable heating conditions. The importance of choosing suitable wave polarization and launched k-spectrum is discussed. A spectral code was developed to compute the coupling of a rectangular wave-guide field to cylindrical plasma. Results are discussed and conclusions for future developments are drawn.

langue originaleAnglais
titreRADIO FREQUENCY POWER IN PLASMAS
Sous-titre17th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas
Pages517-520
Nombre de pages4
Les DOIs
étatPublié - 2007
Evénement17th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas - Clearwater, FL, États-Unis
Durée: 7 mai 20079 mai 2007

Série de publications

NomAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume933
ISSN (imprimé)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronique)1551-7616

Une conférence

Une conférence17th Topical Conference on Radio Frequency Power in Plasmas
Pays/TerritoireÉtats-Unis
La villeClearwater, FL
période7/05/079/05/07

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