TY - JOUR
T1 - Ion cyclotron range of frequency heating of a deuterium-tritium plasma via the second-harmonic tritium cyclotron resonance
AU - Wilson, J. R.
AU - Bush, C. E.
AU - Darrow, D.
AU - Hosea, J. C.
AU - Jaeger, E. F.
AU - Majeski, R.
AU - Murakami, M.
AU - Phillips, C. K.
AU - Rogers, J. H.
AU - Schilling, G.
AU - Stevens, J. E.
AU - Synakowski, E.
AU - Taylor, G.
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Experiments have been performed on the TFTR to study rf wave heating of a D-T plasma by way of the second-harmonic tritium cyclotron resonance. The addition of tritium ions to a deuterium plasma allows for absorption of the rf waves at the tritium cyclotron harmonics and by electron damping of a mode converted ion Bernstein wave. Competing mechanisms include direct electron damping and damping at the fundamental cyclotron resonance of deuterium, α particles, and 3He ions. The contribution of each is estimated from a series of plasma discharges where various plasma parameters are varied. The majority of the rf power is found to damp on the tritium ions.
AB - Experiments have been performed on the TFTR to study rf wave heating of a D-T plasma by way of the second-harmonic tritium cyclotron resonance. The addition of tritium ions to a deuterium plasma allows for absorption of the rf waves at the tritium cyclotron harmonics and by electron damping of a mode converted ion Bernstein wave. Competing mechanisms include direct electron damping and damping at the fundamental cyclotron resonance of deuterium, α particles, and 3He ions. The contribution of each is estimated from a series of plasma discharges where various plasma parameters are varied. The majority of the rf power is found to damp on the tritium ions.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.842
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.842
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4243781369
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 75
SP - 842
EP - 845
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 5
ER -