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Non-equilibrium Microwave Plasma for Efficient High Temperature Chemistry
Published on: August 1, 2017
Heating by an electron Bernstein wave in a spherical tokamak plasma via mode conversion
S Shiraiwa1, K Hanada, M Hasegawa
1Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8561, Japan. shiraiwa@i-love-anemone.com
Abstract:
The first successful high power heating of a high dielectric constant spherical tokamak plasma by an electron Bernstein wave (EBW) is reported. An EBW was excited by mode conversion (MC) of an mode cyclotron wave injected from the low magnetic field side of the TST-2 spherical tokamak. Evidence of electron heating was observed as increases in the stored energy and soft x-ray emission. The increased emission was concentrated in the plasma core region. A heating efficiency of over 50% was achieved, when the density gradient in the MC region was sufficiently steep.
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