creators_name: Visentin, DC
creators_id: Denis.Visentin@utas.edu.au
type: article
datestamp: 2006-11-22
lastmod: 2008-07-18 09:43:35
metadata_visibility: show
title: Ion motion control in RMF current drive by means of a frequency modulated counter-RMF
ispublished: pub
subjects: 240302
subjects: 240303
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: plasma physics
controlled nuclear fusion
rotating magnetic field current drive
field reversed configuration
abstract: A numerical model of current drive is developed in an infinitely long plasma cylinder, by means of two counter-rotating magnetic fields (RMFs) where the frequency of the (+) RMF is allowed to vary.  The accessibility of steady state solutions where both RMFs penetrate into the plasma much farther than the classical skin depth, the electron fluid rotating synchronously with the (-) RMF and the ion fluid rotating synchronously with the (+) RMF, is examined.  It is demonstrated that the steady state solutions are accessible from a broader class of initial conditions by allowing the frequency of the (+) RMF to decrease linearly.  The rate of change in the frequency of the (+) RMF is required to be greater than the ion relaxation rate due to collisions with the electron fluid.
date: 2003-05
date_type: published
publication: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
volume: 45
number: 5
pagerange: 1027-1035
id_number: 10.1088/0741-3335/45/6/314
thesis_type: UNSPECIFIED
refereed: TRUE
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/45/6/314
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citation: Visentin, DC (2003) Ion motion control in RMF current drive by means of a frequency modulated counter-RMF. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 45 (5). pp. 1027-1035.
document_url: http://eprints.utas.edu.au/421/1/Paper_2gv.pdf