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Generation of noninductive current by electron-Bernstein waves on the COMPASS-D Tokamak
V Shevchenko1, Y Baranov, M O'Brien
1EURATOM/UKAEA Fusion Association, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, United Kingdom.
Physical Review Letters
|December 18, 2002
Abstract:
Electron-Bernstein waves (EBW) were excited in the plasma by mode converted extraordinary (X) waves launched from the high field side of the COMPASS-D tokamak at different toroidal angles. It has been found experimentally that X-mode injection perpendicular to the magnetic field provides maximum heating efficiency. Noninductive currents of up to 100 kA were found to be driven by the EBW mode with countercurrent drive. These results are consistent with ray tracing and quasilinear Fokker-Planck simulations.