Measurements of the load resistance of a poloidal antenna and the phase velocity of fast magnetosonic waves during ICR plasma heating in the L-2M stellarator

Journal Article · Sat Mar 15 04:00:00 EDT 2008 · Plasma Physics Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S11452-008-3006-0· OSTI ID:21100097

Meshcheryakov, A I; Vafin, I Yu; Morozov, A E; Golikov, A A; Nechaev, Yu I ^[1]

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1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Prokhorov Institute of General Physics (Russian Federation)

The propagation and damping of waves excited by a poloidal antenna in a hydrogen plasma at the ion cyclotron resonance (ICR) frequency were investigated. The longitudinal wavenumber and damping length of waves excited in the ohmically heated plasma of the L-2M stellarator, the dependence of the damping length of fast magnetosonic waves on the magnetic field strength, and the dependence of the antenna load resistance on the plasma density were measured. It is the first time that such complex measurements were performed in experiments on ICR heating of a hydrogen plasma at the fundamental harmonic of the ion gyrofrequency in toroidal magnetic confinement systems.

• OSTI ID: 21100097
• Journal Information: Plasma Physics Reports, Journal Name: Plasma Physics Reports Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 34; ISSN PPHREM; ISSN 1063-780X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ANTENNAS
DAMPING
GYROFREQUENCY
HYDROGEN
ICR HEATING
ION CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE
IONS
LENGTH
MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETOACOUSTIC WAVES
PHASE VELOCITY
PLASMA
PLASMA DENSITY
STELLARATORS