Effect of plasma fluctuations on lower hybrid current drive

Journal Article · Fri Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 2011 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3665013· OSTI ID:21612517

Peysson, Y; Decker, J; Ekedahl, A; Hillairet, J; Ohsako, T ^[1]

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1. CEA, IRFM, 13108 Saint Paul-lez-Durance (France)

The effect of fluctuations of the electron density at the plasma edge on Lower Hybrid current drive is investigated. It is shown that the lack of robustness of the simulations due to ray stochasticity still remain despite the time averaging resulting from fluctuations.

• OSTI ID: 21612517
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1406, Issue 1; Conference: 9. topical conference on radio frequency power in plasmas, Newport (United States), 1-3 Jun 2011; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3665013; (c) 2011 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
ELECTRON DENSITY
FLUCTUATIONS
FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION
LOWER HYBRID CURRENT DRIVE
PLASMA
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
PLASMA SIMULATION
TOKAMAK DEVICES
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
CONFINEMENT
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS
NON-INDUCTIVE CURRENT DRIVE
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
SIMULATION
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
VARIATIONS