Title :
Prospects for electron cyclotron current drive stabilization of neoclassical tearing modes in ITER
Author :
Perkins, F.W. ; Harvey, R.W. ; Makowski, Michal ; Rosenbluth, M.N.
Author_Institution :
ITER, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
Growth of neoclassical magnetic islands can be eliminated by modulated electron cyclotron current drive. The key criterion is that the driven current density exceed 1.5 times the bootstrap current density, evaluated at the island rational surface
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; current density; fusion reactor theory; plasma toroidal confinement; tearing instability; ITER; bootstrap current density; current density; electron cyclotron current drive stabilization; island rational surface; modulated electron cyclotron current drive; neoclassical magnetic islands; neoclassical tearing modes; Current density; Cyclotrons; Electrons; Equations; Laser mode locking; Magnetic modulators; Plasma density; Stability; Tokamaks; Toroidal magnetic fields;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1997. 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4226-7
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1997.687734
