ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON WAVE CURRENT STARTUP EXPERIMENT ON THE CT-6B TOKAMAK

Authors
HAN GH YAO XZ YANG XZ FENG CH JIANG DY QI XZ JIANG DM LI ZL WANG WS WANG L ZHENG SB REN YF YANG SZ
Citation
Gh. Han et al., ELECTRON-CYCLOTRON WAVE CURRENT STARTUP EXPERIMENT ON THE CT-6B TOKAMAK, Nuclear fusion, 38(2), 1998, pp. 287-292
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas","Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear fusion → ACNP
ISSN journal
00295515
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
287 - 292
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-5515(1998)38:2<287:EWCSEO>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Electron cyclotron wave current startup has been investigated in a wid e range of toroidal magnetic fields on the CT-6B tokamak. Two kinds of drive mechanisms of current startup have been identified experimental ly, according to the dependence of the wave started current on the ver tical field. Their contributions to the current have been estimated qu antitatively for different resonance scenarios. The wave started curre nt may occur at a downshifted resonance frequency even if the resonanc e layer is located outside the vacuum vessel.