Weakly relativistic and nonrelativistic estimates of EBW heating in the TJ-II stellarator

Fusion Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 230-239

  Castejon F ^a   Cappa, A ^a   Tereshchenko, M ^b   Pavlov, S S ^c   Fernandez A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE FUSIÓN   (Spain)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Electron Bernstein waves; Relativistic effects; Stellarator

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; HEATING; RAY TRACING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RELATIVITY;

BERNSTEIN MODE CONVERSION; ELECTRON BERNSTEIN WAVES; RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS; STELLARATORS;

ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE;

EID: 34748840101     PISSN: 15361055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/FST07-A1502     Document Type: Conference Paper

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