Published August 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Overdense plasma operation in the WEGA stellarator

  • 1. Max-Planck-Institut fuer Plasmaphysik, Greifswald Branch, EURATOM Ass., D-17491 Greifswald (Germany)
  • 2. Institute of Plasma Physics AS CR, v.v.i., EURATOM/IPP.CR Ass., 182 00 Prague (Czech Republic)

Description

On WEGA stellarator electron Bernstein waves have been applied for plasma heating. The excitation of the electrostatic Bernstein waves was possible due to an efficient two-step OXB mode conversion process from electromagnetic waves. Overdense plasma operation was reached in argon and helium and, rather surprisingly, a supra-thermal electron component could be detected (copyright 2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH and Co. KGaA, Weinheim) (orig.)

Availability note (English)

Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.200900053

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Contributions to Plasma Physics
Journal Volume
50
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 785-789
ISSN
0863-1042
CODEN
CPPHEP

Conference

Title
17. international stellarator/heliotron workshop
Dates
12-16 Oct 2009
Place
Princeton, NJ (United States)

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Notes
With 7 figs., 0 tabs., 6 refs.; SICI: 0863-1042(201008)50:8<785::AID-CTPP200900053>3.0.TX;2-F