Heating of toroidal plasmas
Abstract
Various heating methods can be used in order to overcome the limitations of ohmic heating in low-beta toroidal systems. Attention is directed to fast neutral beam injection (possibly supplemented by adiabatic compression, etc.) and to RF-heating methods based on the existence of resonances. The basic physical mechanisms involved and the most significant results obtained are briefly explained. Finally, a new heating scheme is proposed which uses kHz-frequencies and RF-coils located outside the liner.
- Publication:
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Journal de Physique
- Pub Date:
- August 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977JPhys..38Q...3C
- Keywords:
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- Controlled Fusion;
- Neutral Beams;
- Plasma Heating;
- Radio Frequency Heating;
- Toroidal Plasmas;
- Ohmic Dissipation;
- Plasma-Electromagnetic Interaction;
- Resistance Heating;
- Plasma Physics