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Direct Measurements of High Harmonic Fast Wave Profile in the UTST Spherical Tokamak Plasma

Takuma WAKATSUKI, Yoshihiko NAGASHIMA, Takuya OOSAKO, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Byung Il AN, Hidetoshi KAKUDA, Takuma YAMADA, Ryota IMAZAWA, Osamu WATANABE, Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Hiroki KURASHINA, Hiroyuki HAYASHI, Kotaro YAMADA, Takuya SAKAMOTO, Kentaro HANASHIMA, Junichi HIRATSUKA, Shuji KAMIO, Ryuma HIHARA, Keita ABE, Morio SAKUMURA, Qinghong CAO, Michiaki INOMOTO, Yasushi ONO, Akira EJIRI and Yuichi TAKASE

The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

(Received 23 March 2010 / Accepted 8 April 2010 / Published 4 June 2010)

Abstract

The spatial distribution of the radiofrequency (RF) magnetic field associated with a high harmonic fast wave (HHFW) was measured using an array of magnetic probes in the plasma inside the University of Tokyo Spherical Tokamak (UTST). Data obtained from 25 probes (19 locations for toroidal polarization and 6 locations for vertical polarization) distributed along the poloidal cross section were analyzed. The RF magnetic field is polarized in the toroidal direction, indicating that the HHFW is excited in the plasma. The RF field is weak on the inboard side. Analysis of the group delay suggests that the waves travel long distances in the plasma, probably because of poor absorption. No indication of parametric decay was observed up to 80 kW of injected RF power.

Copyright (c) 2010 The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research

Keywords

High Harmonic Fast Wave (HHFW), spherical tokamak

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.5.018

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This paper may be cited as follows:

Takuma WAKATSUKI, Yoshihiko NAGASHIMA, Takuya OOSAKO, Hiroaki KOBAYASHI, Byung Il AN, Hidetoshi KAKUDA, Takuma YAMADA, Ryota IMAZAWA, Osamu WATANABE, Takashi YAMAGUCHI, Hiroki KURASHINA, Hiroyuki HAYASHI, Kotaro YAMADA, Takuya SAKAMOTO, Kentaro HANASHIMA, Junichi HIRATSUKA, Shuji KAMIO, Ryuma HIHARA, Keita ABE, Morio SAKUMURA, Qinghong CAO, Michiaki INOMOTO, Yasushi ONO, Akira EJIRI and Yuichi TAKASE, Plasma Fusion Res. 5, 018 (2010).