Efficiency of current drive by fast waves

Charles F.F. Karney, Nathaniel J. Fisch

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Abstract

The Rosenbluth form for the collision operator for a weakly relativistic plasma is derived. The formalism adopted by Antonsen and Chu can then be used to calculate the efficiency of current drive by fast waves in a relativistic plasma. Accurate numerical results and analytic asymptotic limits for the efficiencies are given.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)116-126
Number of pages11
JournalPhysics of Fluids
Volume28
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1985

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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