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Title: Fusion plasma theory. Task III. Auxiliary heating in tokamaks and tandem mirrors. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6218107

The research we have accomplished with this contract has focused on ICRF coupling, heating and breakeven studies for tokamaks and ECRF fundamental and second harmonic heating in tandem mirrors. The highlights include reviewed publication of ICRF Fokker-Planck heating and breakeven studies with international collaboration with the JET group, fundamental work on a differential equation for wave fields and a new wave power absorption and conservation relation for ICRF in inhomogeneous plasmas and a formulation and code development of slab matrix and differential equation solutions for ICRF waveguide coupling in tokamak edge regions. ECRF ray tracing studies have been carried out, and a reviewed paper published for fundamental and second harmonic propagation, absorption and whistler microinstabilities in tandem mirror plug and barrier regions of Phaedrus, TMX-U and TASKA.

Research Organization:
Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA). Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-80ER53104
OSTI ID:
6218107
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/53104-13; ON: DE86006979
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English