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Non-equilibrium Microwave Plasma for Efficient High Temperature Chemistry
Published on: August 1, 2017
Synergy of electron-cyclotron and lower-hybrid current drive in steady-state plasmas
G Giruzzi1, J F Artaud, R J Dumont
1Association Euratom-CEA, CEA/DSM/DRFC, CEA/Cadarache, 13108 St. Paul-lez-Durance, France.
Abstract:
Improvement (up to a factor of approximately 4) of the electron-cyclotron (EC) current drive efficiency in plasmas sustained by lower-hybrid (LH) current drive has been demonstrated in stationary conditions on the Tore Supra tokamak. This was made possible by feedback controlled discharges at zero loop voltage, constant plasma current, and constant density. This effect, predicted by kinetic theory, results from a favorable interplay of the velocity space diffusions induced by the two waves: the EC wave pulling low-energy electrons out of the Maxwellian bulk, and the LH wave driving them to high parallel velocities.
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