Improvement of ICRF antenna loading by local gas injection on ASDEX Upgrade

P. Jacquet, V. Bobkov, M. L. Mayoral, I. Monakhov, J. M. Noterdaeme, A. Scarabosio, I. Stepanov, Mark Vrancken, E. Wolfrum

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Local gas injection has recently been tested as a tool to improve coupling of ion cyclotron range of frequency (ICRF) waves to tokamak plasmas, which relies on the tunnelling of the fast wave between the antenna structure and the cut-off layer within the plasma. It is found that antenna loading resistance is substantially increased when using a local gas inlet at a deuterium gas injection rate of 5×10 21els -1 or higher, and that the proximity of the gas inlet to the antenna is the key factor to optimize the improvement in coupling due to gas injection.

langue originaleAnglais
Numéro d'article042002
journalNuclear Fusion
Volume52
Numéro de publication4
Les DOIs
étatPublié - avr. 2012

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