Modeling of ICRF heating of a tokamak plasma

Technical Report · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6233876· OSTI ID:6233876

Hwang, D Q; Karney, C F.F.; Hosea, J C; Hovey, J M; Singer, C E; Wilson, J R

A model for wave propagation and absorption of the Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequencies (ICRF) has been constructed and fitted into the 1-D BALDUR transport code. The wave propagation is handled by ray tracing techniques. Wave absorption is calculated using the Fokker-Planck equation and quasilinear diffusion. The wave propagation and damping profiles are evolved in time according to the plasma evolution. A simulation of PLT hydrogen minority ICRF heating with a comparison to experimental data is given.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• OSTI ID: 6233876
• Report Number(s): PPPL-1990; ON: DE83012421
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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