Alpha channeling with high-field launch of lower hybrid waves
- Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 (United States)
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543 (United States)
Although lower hybrid waves are effective at driving currents in present-day tokamaks, they are expected to interact strongly with high-energy particles in extrapolating to reactors. In the presence of a radial alpha particle birth gradient, this interaction can take the form of wave amplification rather than damping. While it is known that this amplification more easily occurs when launching from the tokamak high-field side, the extent of this amplification has not been made quantitative. Here, by tracing rays launched from the high-field-side of a tokamak, the required radial gradients to achieve amplification are calculated for a temperature and density regime consistent with a hot-ion-mode fusion reactor. These simulations, while valid only in the linear regime of wave amplification, nonetheless illustrate the possibilities for wave amplification using high-field launch of the lower hybrid wave.
- OSTI ID:
- 22489820
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 22, Issue 11; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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journal | July 2018 |
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journal | May 2018 |
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journal | August 2019 |
| Kinetic Theory of Transport Driven Current in Centrally fuelled Plasmas | text | January 2018 |
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