Published September 20, 1999
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Journal article
Plasma rotation induced by RF
- 1. Sunrise R and M, San Diego, California 92129 (United States)
- 2. General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5698 (United States)
Description
Plasma rotation has many beneficial effects on tokamak operation including stabilization of MHD and microturbulence to improve the beta limit and confinement. Contrary to present-day tokamaks, neutral beams may not be effective in driving rotation in fusion reactors; hence the investigation of radiofrequency (RF) induced plasma rotation is of great interest and potential importance. This paper reviews the experimental results of RF induced rotation and possible physical mechanisms, suggested by theories, to explain the observations. This subject is only in the infancy of its research and many challenging issues remained to be understood and resolved. (c) 1999 American Institute of Physics
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- AIP Conference Proceedings
- Journal Volume
- 485
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. 45-55
- ISSN
- 0094-243X
- CODEN
- APCPCS
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 32060316
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- ICR HEATING; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA SIMULATION; RF SYSTEMS; ROTATING PLASMA; THEORETICAL DATA; TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- DATA; HEATING; HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING; INFORMATION; INSTABILITY; NUMERICAL DATA; PLASMA; PLASMA HEATING; SIMULATION; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
- Proposed descriptors and Free-text terms
- plasma magnetohydrodynamics; radiofrequency spectra; plasma radiofrequency heating