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Realistic modelling of lower hybrid current drive with multiple codes

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6912147
A computer model for lower hybrid current drive has been developed which combines a radial transport code, a Fokker Planck solver, and a toroidal ray tracing code. The physical mechanism in the model which allows incident lower hybrid wave power at high parallel phase velocity to eventually interact with lower phase velocity electrons and thus form a significant quasilinear plateau, is the toroidal upshift that occurs in the parallel wavenumber. The resulting rf current generation and its dependency on toroidal magnetic field agree well with experiment.
Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Plasma Fusion Center
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-78ET51013
OSTI ID:
6912147
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/51013-119; PFC/CP-84-6; CONF-840311-10; ON: DE84010576
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English