Full wave simulations of fast wave mode conversion and lower hybrid wave propagation in tokamaks

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 5 PART 2, 2004, Pages 2473-2479

  Wright, J C ^a   Bonoli, P T ^a   Brambilla, M ^b   Meo, F ^b   D'Azevedo, E ^c   Batchelor, D B ^c   Jaeger, E F ^c   Berry, L A ^c   Phillips, C K ^d   Pletzer, A ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAST WAVE MODE CONVERSION; HYBRID WAVE PROPAGATION; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTH; PLASMA TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; CYCLOTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; ION BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 2942541467     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1652731     Document Type: Conference Paper

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