Present status of the new multifrequency ECRH system for ASDEX upgrade

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2 PART 1, 2008, Pages 324-331

  Wagner, Dietmar ^a   Grünwald, Gerhard ^a   Leuterer, Fritz ^a   Manini, Adriano ^a   Monaco, Francesco ^a   Münich, Max J ^a   Schütz, Harald ^a   Stober, Jörg ^a   Zohm, Hartmut ^a   Franke, Thomas ^a   Thumm, Manfred ^b   Heidinger, Roland ^b   Gantenbein, Gerd ^b   Meier, Andreas ^b   Kasparek, Walter ^c   Lechte, Carsten ^c   Litvak, Alexander G ^d   Denisov, Gregory G ^d   Chirkov, Alexei V ^d   Tai, Evgeny M ^e   Popov, Leonid G ^e   Nichiporenko, Vadim O ^e   Myasnikov, Vadim E ^e   Solyanova, Elena A ^e   Malygin, Sergey A ^e   Meo, Fernando ^f   Woskov, Paul P ^g   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^e Agrochitin Co   (Russian Federation)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH); Fast steerable launcher; Step tunable gyrotron

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE; FREQUENCY BANDS; GYROTRONS; WAVEGUIDES;

CORRUGATED WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRON CYCLOTRON RESONANCE HEATING (ECRH); FAST STEERABLE LAUNCHER; MULTIFREQUENCY GYROTRONS; STEP-TUNABLE GYROTRON;

PLASMA HEATING;

EID: 42649141977     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.917514     Document Type: Conference Paper

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