Efficient generation of noninductive, off-axis, ohkawa current, driven by electron Bernstein waves in high β, spherical torus plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4733-4739

  Taylor, G ^a   Efthimion, P C ^a   Kessel, C E ^a   Harvey, R W ^b   Smirnov, A P ^c   Ershov, N M ^c   Carter, M D ^d   Forest, C B ^e  

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CompX ^*  (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BERNSTEIN WAVES (EBW); ELECTRON CYCLOTRON CURRENT DRIVE (ECCD); OKHAWA CURRENT; SPHERICAL TORUS (ST) PLASMA;

CYCLOTRONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON TRAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLENOIDS; WAVE EFFECTS;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 8644240971     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1792635     Document Type: Article

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