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Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating on TEXTOR: results from the preliminary 110 GHz system

Authors :
Laurie Porte
R. J. E. Jaspers
H.J. van der Meiden
G. M. D. Hogeweij
Denis Kalupin
V. S. Udintsev
R.W. Polman
J.A. Hoekzema
Christian Barth
Henrik Bindslev
N.J. Lopes Cardozo
Pierre Dumortier
D. Van Eester
F. C. Schüller
B. Unterberg
Tec Team
H. R. Koslowski
A. J. H. Donné
T. Oyevaar
A. M. Messiaen
A. Krämer-Flecken
J. C. van Gorkom
M. Vervier
E. Westerhof
G. Van Wassenhove
Source :
Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Heating.
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
WORLD SCIENTIFIC, 2003.

Abstract

A 110 GHz, 400 kW, 200 ms gyrotron has been employed on TEXTOR for ECRH. The highly localised electron heating allowed the identification of (multiple) electron transport barriers. The RTP q-comb model for the electron heat conductivity gives a good description of TEXTOR results with ECRH in Ohmic discharges. Central ECRH in the current ramp phase speeds up central current penetration due to the highly peaked Te profile. A stable evolution of these discharges with early heating required the combination of counter-NBI with central ECRH. In RI-mode, central ECRH resulted in an increase of the confined energy in proportion to the ECRH power, without signs of power degradation as is usual in RI-mode with NBI and ICRH. Efficient ECRH is observed up to the X-mode cut-off density. The gyrotron has also been successfully used for diagnosis of energetic ions by means of Collective Thomson Scattering.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Heating
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........34ce564c1acdfbe1de68e0f852a33e60
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812705082_0060