Wave reflection from the lower hybrid surface: A toroidal effect
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 22 (1) , 192-193
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.862460
Abstract
In tokamaks, the equilibrium magnetic field does not lie in the lower hybrid surface. As a result, cold lower hybrid waves are reflected there rather than encountering a resonance. For high temperatures, however, mode conversion occurs before the wave can bounce.Keywords
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