Ion cyclotron heating experiments in PLT

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5642105· OSTI ID:5642105

Mazzucato, E; Bell, R; Bitter, M; Cavallo, A; Cohen, S; Colestock, P; Greene, G; Hammett, G; Hinnov, E; Hosea, J

Results from ICRF heating experiments in the D-/sup 3/He minority regime on the PLT tokamak are reported. At the highest coupled rf power of 2.6 MW, a central ion temperature of 3.6 keV has been measured in plasmas with a central density of 5 x 10/sup 13/cm/sup -3/. The central value of the electron temperature is strongly modulated by the sawtooth internal relaxation and reaches values in excess of 3 keV. No deterioration of the ion heating efficiency has been found in the investigated range of plasma parameters.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• OSTI ID: 5642105
• Report Number(s): PPPL-2208; ON: DE85011690
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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