Generation of suprathermal electrons during plasma current startup by lower hybrid waves in a tokamak
- 1 June 1985
- journal article
- letter
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nuclear Fusion
- Vol. 25 (6) , 732-736
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/25/6/009
Abstract
Suprathermal electrons which carry a seed current are generated by non-resonant parametric decay instability during the initial phase of lower-hybrid current startup in the JIPP T-IIU tokamak. From the numerical analysis it is found that parametrically excited lower-hybrid waves at the lower side-band can bridge the spectral gap between the thermal-velocity region and the low-velocity end of the pump power spectrum.Keywords
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