Lower-hybrid current drive in the PLT tokamak

S. Bernabei; C. Daughney; P. Efthimion; W. Hooke; J. Hosea; F. Jobes; A. Martin; E. Mazzucato; E. Meservey; R. Motley; J. Stevens; S. Von Goeler; R. Wilson

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.1255

Lower-hybrid current drive in the PLT tokamak

S. Bernabei
, C. Daughney
, P. Efthimion
, W. Hooke
, J. Hosea
, F. Jobes
, A. Martin
, E. Mazzucato
, E. Meservey
, R. Motley
, J. Stevens
, S. Von Goeler
, R. Wilson

Plasma Physics Lab

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Abstract

Order-of-magnitude improvements in the level and duration of current driven by lower-hybrid waves have been achieved in the PLT tokamak. Steady currents up to 165 kA have been maintained for 3.5 sec and 420 kA for 0.3 sec by 800-MHz rf power alone. The principal current carrier appears to be a high-energy (∼ 100-keV) electron tail, concentrated in the central 20- to 40-cm core of the 80-cm-diam discharge column.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1255-1258
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	49
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.1255
State	Published - 1982

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