Control of alpha particle transport by spatially inhomogeneous ion cyclotron resonance heating

Control of the radial alpha particle transport by using Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequency waves is investigated in a large-aspect-ratio tokamak geometry. It is shown that spatially inhomogeneous ICRF-wave energy with properly selected frequencies and wave numbers can induce fast convective transport of alpha particles at the speed of order υalpha ∼ (PRF/nαε0) ρp, where PRF is the ICRF-wave power density, nα is the alpha density, ε0 is the alpha birth energy, and ρp is the poloidal gyroradius of alpha particles at the birth energy. Application to ITER plasmas is studied and possible antenna designs to control alpha particle flux are discussed. 8 refs., 3 figs