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Possible beneficial ponderomotive force effects on fast-wave coupling in tokamaks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

V. A. Petržílka
V. A. Petržílka
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Za Slovankou 3, P.O. Box 17, 182 11 Praha 8, Czech Republic
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Abstract

At lower-hybrid frequencies in tokamaks, ponderomotive forces at fast-wave launching typically lead in the vicinity of the launching structure to a boundary plasma density increase. This results in a decrease in the reflection coefficient, and, in detached plasmas, to the appearance of a local electric field maximum at several centimetres from the launching grill structure; this electric field maximum is connected to the reversal of the plasma density gradient near the grill mouth because of ponderomotive force effects.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , June 1994 , pp. 433 - 440
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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