Title :
Wave Beam Propagation Through Density Fluctuations
Author :
Balakin, A.A. ; Bertelli, N. ; Westerhof, E.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Phys., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Abstract :
Perturbations induced by edge density fluctuations on electron cyclotron wave beams propagating in fusion plasmas are studied by means of a quasi-optical code. The effects of such fluctuations are illustrated here by showing the beam propagation in the case of single harmonic perturbations to the wave phase front.
Keywords :
plasma boundary layers; plasma density; plasma fluctuations; plasma simulation; plasma-beam interactions; edge density fluctuations; electron cyclotron wave beam propagation; fusion plasma; harmonic perturbation theory; perturbation induced method; quasioptical code; Europe; Fluctuations; Harmonic analysis; Isosurfaces; Particle beams; Plasmas; Plasmas; tokamaks; wave propagation;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2011.2158666
