Electron cyclotron current drive efficiency in an axisymmetric tokamak

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The neoclassical transport theory is applied to calculate electron cyclotron current drive (ECCD) efficiency in an axisymmetric tokamak in the low-collisionality regime. The tokamak ordering is used to obtain a system of equations that describe the dynamics of the plasma where the nonlinear ponderomotive (PM) force due to high-power RF waves is included. The PM force is produced around an electron cyclotron resonant surface at a specific poloidal location. The ECCD efficiency is analyzed in the cases of first and second harmonics (for different impinging angles of the RF waves) and it is validated using experimental parameter values from TCV and T-10 tokamaks. The results are in agreement with those obtained by means of Green's function techniques.
12th International Congress on Plasma Physics, 25-29 October 2004, Nice (France)

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Plasma Physics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/86550

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https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0410215
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