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A 1D quasilinear equation describing the current drive excitation by helicons in a tokamak plasma
A. Yu. Popov, E. Z. Gusakov Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
Abstract:
A quasilinear equation which allows describing evolution of the electron distribution function and generation of non-inductive currents by helicons is obtained. It is shown that in the analyzed case the Fokker-Planck equation can be approximated by a one-dimensional equation in the longitudinal electron velocity space with a diffusion coefficient proportional to the helicon power absorbed by electrons due to Landau damping.
Keywords:
tokamak, current drive, helicon, quasilinear diffusion
Received: 17.09.2021 Revised: 01.10.2021 Accepted: 01.10.2021
Citation:
A. Yu. Popov, E. Z. Gusakov, “A 1D quasilinear equation describing the current drive excitation by helicons in a tokamak plasma”, Pisma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 48:2 (2022), 24–26
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