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Title: Current Drive in a Ponderomotive Potential with Sign Reversal

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/814728· OSTI ID:814728

Noninductive current drive can be accomplished through ponderomotive forces with high efficiency when the potential changes sign over the interaction region. The effect can practiced upon both ions and electrons. The current drive efficiencies, in principle, might be higher than those possible with conventional radio-frequency current-drive techniques, since different considerations come into play.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
814728
Report Number(s):
PPPL-3846; TRN: US0304332
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 30 Jul 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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