Comparison of the theory and the practice of rf current drive

Technical Report · Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6192001· OSTI ID:6192001

Karney, C F.F.; Fisch, N J; Jobes, F C

The theory of rf-driven plasma currents is applied to the lower-hybrid experiments on the PLT tokamak. Particular emphasis is placed on those experiments in which the plasma current was varying. The comparison between theory and experiment is made with respect to the efficiency with which rf energy was converted to poloidal magnetic field energy. Good agreement is found irrespective of whether the current was increasing, constant, or decreasing.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• OSTI ID: 6192001
• Report Number(s): PPPL-2152; ON: DE85002722
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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