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Similarity of the coupled equations for RF waves in a tokamak

Authors :
Jungpyo Lee
David Smithe
E. F. Jaeger
Paul Bonoli
R. W. Harvey
Source :
Physics of Plasmas. 26:012505
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
AIP Publishing, 2019.

Abstract

In this paper, a similarity relation between RF wave systems in tokamaks is found theoretically by investigating scaling conditions of plasma density and temperature, tokamak size and background magnetic fields, and RF wave frequency and power. The scaling conditions simultaneously satisfy Maxwell's equations, the Grad-Shafranov equation, and the Fokker-Planck equation. The consistency of the scaling with transport equations is examined by several empirical and theoretical scalings for confinement time. The similarity found in this paper is useful to investigate the possibility of the test system for RF wave experiments and verify the coupled numerical codes for the wave modeling.In this paper, a similarity relation between RF wave systems in tokamaks is found theoretically by investigating scaling conditions of plasma density and temperature, tokamak size and background magnetic fields, and RF wave frequency and power. The scaling conditions simultaneously satisfy Maxwell's equations, the Grad-Shafranov equation, and the Fokker-Planck equation. The consistency of the scaling with transport equations is examined by several empirical and theoretical scalings for confinement time. The similarity found in this paper is useful to investigate the possibility of the test system for RF wave experiments and verify the coupled numerical codes for the wave modeling.

Details

ISSN :
10897674 and 1070664X
Volume :
26
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physics of Plasmas
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........124406a84695b4f9eab05924ae25a37f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5066288