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Effects of plasma dielectric properties on Thomson scattering of millimetre waves in tokamak plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

T. P. Hughes
Affiliation:
JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 3EA, U.K.
S. R. P. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, U.K.

Abstract

Thomson scattering from a magnetized plasma is considered, taking into account the dielectric properties of the plasma. General results for the geometrical form factor are given in explicit form. The scattered power detectable by a heterodyne receiver is discussed and some numerical calculations are presented. The results are applied to the scattering of millimetre waves in tokamak plasmas near the electron-plasma and electron-cyclotron frequencies.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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