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Toroidal plasma current startup and sustainment by lower hybrid waves in the WT-3 tokamak

K. Ogura, H. Tanaka, S. Ide, M. Iida, K. Hanada, M. Yoshida, T. Minami, M. Nakamura, T. Maekawa, Y. Terumichi1990年被引用 34Nuclear FusionIF 3出版社

In WT-3, lower hybrid waves are injected into a microwave discharge at the electron cyclotron resonance frequency to initiate the toroidal plasma current IP and to sustain it by radiofrequency (RF) power alone without Ohmic heating power (this is called the 'RF tokamak'). First, fast electrons in the range of several kilo-electronvolts are generated by electron cyclotron and lower hybrid power which initiate a weak toroidal plasma current. Then, fast electrons above 100 keV are produced by the lower hybrid waves, and IP increases rapidly (ΔIp/Δt ∼ 780 kA·s−1) to almost 13 kA. Subsequently the toroidal plasma current is ramped up slowly (ΔIp/Δt ∼ 180 kA·s−1) to > 25 kA for low densities (e < 6 × 1018 m−3). The fraction ∈R (≤8%) of injected lower hybrid power is converted into poloidal magnetic field energy. For high densities (e = (6−12) × 1018 m−3), a quasi-steady-state discharge is obtained with IP = 7−20 kA, and the figure of merit ηCD is about 0.05 × 1019 A·m−2·W−1. The experimental values of ∈R and ηCD are explained by the direct loss of fast electrons.

日本語訳

WT-3において、低混成波は電子サイクロトロン共鳴周波数でマイクロ波放電中に注入され、トロイダルプラズマ電流IPを開始させ、オーミック加熱電力を用いずに高周波電力のみでこれを維持する(これを「RFトカマク」と呼ぶ)。まず、数keVの範囲の高速電子が電子サイクロトロンおよび低混成波電力によって生成され、弱いトロイダルプラズマ電流を開始する。次に、100keVを超える高速電子が低混成波によって生成され、IPは急速に増加し(ΔIp/Δt ∼ 780 kA·s⁻¹)、ほぼ13kAに達する。その後、トロイダルプラズマ電流はゆっくりと立ち上げられ(ΔIp/Δt ∼ 180 kA·s⁻¹)、低密度(e < 6 × 10¹⁸ m⁻³)では25kAを超えるまで増加する。注入された低混成波電力のうち、ポロイダル磁気エネルギーに変換される割合∈Rは8%以下である。高密度(e = (6−12) × 10¹⁸ m⁻³)では、IP = 7−20kAの準定常放電が得られ、性能指数ηCDは約0.05 × 10¹⁹ A·m⁻²·W⁻¹である。∈RおよびηCDの実験値は、高速電子の直接損失によって説明される。

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