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Observation of parametric decay waves during seond harmonic ICRF heating experiment in JT-60

Conference · · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)
OSTI ID:6600195
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  1. JT-60 Team Naka Fusion Research Eastablishment Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Naka-machi, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken, 311-01 (Japan)
Parametric decay waves were observed during second harmonic ICRF heating experiments in JT-60. The parametric decay process is probably that the pump wave decays into ion Bernstein waves (IBW) and ion cyclotron quasi-modes. Because the decay wave frequency at a toroidal magnetic field of 3.3--4.5 T agreed with the predicted frequency of IBW which was assumed to be excited parametrically near the ICRF antennas. The decay wave intensity decreased with increasing toroidal magnetic field. Increase in radiation loss induced by ICRF heating at the plasma current of 1 MA was not proportional to the pump wave power. Those results suggest that the parametric decay wave was one of the sources of the impurity production during the second harmonic ICRF heating experiments.
OSTI ID:
6600195
Report Number(s):
CONF-8905120--
Conference Information:
Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA) Journal Volume: 190:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English