DocumentCode
2931868
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
Volume
2
fYear
1997
fDate
6-10 Oct 1997
Firstpage
749
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Fusion Engineering, 1997. 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4226-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FUSION.1997.687734
Filename
687734
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