ICRF Wave Propagation and Absorption on KSTAR Plasma

  • Ju, M.H. (Korea Automic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Hong, B.G. (Korea Automic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Han, J.M. (Korea Automic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Mau, T.K. (University of California at San Diego)
  • Published : 1997.05.01

Abstract

For the efficient current drive, the structure of ICRF wave propagation and absorption in a tokamak plasma should be first investigated. In this paper, two dimensional study on FWCD as well as ICRF minority ion heating for the KSTAR [Korea Superconducting Tok Amak Research] [1] plasma was performed using the full wave code of TORIC [2]. The ICRF wave propagation and absorption structures, the competitive power absorption between electrons and ions and the coupling of antenna/plasma are investigated.

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