Effect of poloidal field on ion Bernstein waves
Abstract
We have analyzed the effect of a small poloidal field on the propagation and absorption of electrostatic ion Bernstein waves in cylindrical geometry, assuming rci/L≪1, L being the spatial scale length of the electrostatic potential Φ. For uniform axial current density, the helical field lines cause a shift in the effective k∥, resulting in an asymmetry between waves propagating at the cyclotron resonance layer. Also, the radial dependence of k⊥ limits the radial extent of propagation. Solutions of Φ(r) for excitation by a localized antenna are given.
- Publication:
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Applications of Radio-Frequency Power to Plasmas: 7th Topical Conference
- Pub Date:
- September 1987
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.36645
- Bibcode:
- 1987AIPC..159..398M
- Keywords:
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- 52.50.Gj;
- 52.40.Fd;
- 52.55.Fa;
- Plasma heating by particle beams;
- Plasma interactions with antennas;
- plasma-filled waveguides;
- Tokamaks spherical tokamaks