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Space-dependent quasi-linear theory of lower-hybrid waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

E. Canobbio
Affiliation:
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium
R. Croci
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, EURATOM Association, D-8046 Garching, Germany

Abstract

The quasi-linear diffusion coefficients for the inherently space-dependent wave amplitudes in lower-hybrid heating and current-drive experiments are derived and compared with the usual space-independent approximation. The distribution function is derived and the dependence on the radio-frequency field amplitude gradient of the ‘plateau’, which is an essential quantity in thetheoretical description of LH experiments, is stressed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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