Images of electron kinetics during electron-cyclotron current drive in tokamak plasmas using Gaussian short-time propagators

被引：2
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作者：
Belo, JH [1 ]
Bizarro, JPS [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Tecn Lisboa, Ctr Fusao Nucl, Associacao Euratom IST, Inst Super Tecn, P-1049001 Lisbon, Portugal
来源：
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE | 2002年 / 30卷 / 01期
关键词：
current drive; electron-cyclotron wave; Fokker-Planck equation; Gaussian short-time propagators; tokamaks;
D O I：
10.1109/TPS.2002.1003928
中图分类号：
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号：
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要：
A path-sum approach, based on Gaussian short-time propagators, is used to solve a two-dimensional Fokker-Planck model of the electron kinetics during electron-cyclotron current drive of tokamak plasmas, in the limiting case where the RF quasi-linear diffusion coefficient is very large.
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页码：70 / 71
页数：2
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