The role of wave-particle decorrelation mechanisms in ICRF heating of toroidal plasmas

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 70-79

  Van Eester, D ^a   Louis, Y ^a,b   Lamalle, P U ^a,c   Koch, R ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Plasma heating; Wave particle decorrelation

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY;

DE CORRELATIONS; HEATING EFFICIENCIES; ICRF HEATING; TOROIDAL PLASMAS; WAVE PARTICLES;

PLASMA HEATING;

EID: 0041590906     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0375-9601(96)00331-3     Document Type: Article

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