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Distortion of the distribution function of weakly RF heated minority ions in a tokamak plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

D. Anderson
D. Anderson
Affiliation:
Institute for Electromagnetic Field Theory and EURATOM-FUSION Research (EUR-NE), Chalmers University of Technology, S-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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Abstract

An investigation is made of the effect of RF-induced velocity diffusion on the distribution function, f(v), of the heated ion species in minority heating schemes using the fast Alfvén wave. The solution for the distorted distribution function is expressed in a Legendre series from which deviations from isotropy can be assessed. Solutions are found in the limits of high and low velocities and the elongation of the constant f(v) surfaces is also given.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , April 1983 , pp. 317 - 323
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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