Parametric study of two-dimensional potential structures induced by radio-frequency sheaths coupled with transverse currents in front of the Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating antenna

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Faudot, E ^a   Heuraux, S ^a   Colas, L ^b  

^a INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

^b IRFM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPUTATION THEORY; CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TOKAMAK DEVICES;

ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE HEATING ANTENNAS; ION FLUXES; POLARIZATION CURRENT EFFECTS; TRANSVERSE POLARIZATION CURRENTS;

PLASMA SHEATHS;

EID: 33646404355     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2186530     Document Type: Article

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