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Current drive on the Versator-II tokamak with a slotted waveguide fast wave coupler

J.A. Colborn, R.R. Parker, S.C. Luckhardt, M. Porkolab, J.P. Squire, J. Villaseñor1991年被引用 5Nuclear FusionIF 3出版社

A dielectric-free slotted waveguide fast wave coupler (SWFWC), operating in the lower hybrid range of frequencies, has been used to drive current on the Versator-II tokamak. Up to 35 kW of radiofrequency at 2.45 GHz has been radiated into plasmas with electron densities of 2 × 10l2 cm−3 ≤ e ≤ 1.2 × 1013 cm−3 and a magnetic field of Btor = 1.0 T. When the coupler was flush with or beyond the limiter, the radiating efficiency improved linearly with increasing rig. For electron densities e ≥ 5 × 1012 cm−3, the current drive efficiency was similar to that of the slow lower hybrid wave; however, at lower densities the efficiency of the SWFWC was reduced and it drove no current when e ≤ 2 × 10l2 cm−3. During bench tests, the antenna radiated >90% of its power in the fast wave polarization. These observations suggest that the SWFWC launched primarily fast waves. However, we do not exclude the possibility that, owing to weak single-pass absorption, a substantial fraction of the power may have been converted to slow waves within the plasma, and these waves may have been responsible for most of the driven current.

日本語訳

無誘電体スロット付き導波管高速波結合器(SWFWC)が、低ハイブリッド周波数帯域で動作し、Versator IIトカマクにおいて電流駆動に使用された。最大35kWの高周波電力(2.45GHz)が、電子密度2×10¹²cm⁻³≦nₑ≦1.2×10¹³cm⁻³、磁場B_tor=1.0Tのプラズマに放射された。結合器がリミターと面一またはリミターを越えて配置された場合、放射効率は密度の増加に伴い線形的に改善した。電子密度nₑ≧5×10¹²cm⁻³では、電流駆動効率は低速ハイブリッド波のそれと同等であった。しかし、より低い密度ではSWFWCの効率は低下し、nₑ≦2×10¹²cm⁻³では電流を駆動できなかった。ベンチテストでは、アンテナはその電力の90%以上を高速波偏波で放射した。これらの観測結果は、SWFWCが主として高速波を励起したことを示唆している。しかしながら、弱い単一通過吸収により、電力のかなりの部分がプラズマ内部で低速波に変換され、駆動電流の大部分はこれらの変換された波によって担われた可能性を排除することはできない。

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