Observation of Collisionless Electron Heating by Ion Cyclotron Waves
Title | Observation of Collisionless Electron Heating by Ion Cyclotron Waves PDF eBook |
Author | Shoichi Yoshikawa |
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Pages | 32 |
Release | 1966 |
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Nuclear Science Abstracts
Title | Nuclear Science Abstracts PDF eBook |
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Pages | 1118 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Nuclear energy |
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Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequencies Mode Conversion Electron Heating in Deuterium-hydrogen Plasmas in the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak
Title | Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequencies Mode Conversion Electron Heating in Deuterium-hydrogen Plasmas in the Alcator C-Mod Tokamak PDF eBook |
Author | Yijun Lin |
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Pages | 52 |
Release | 2003 |
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Localized direct electron heating by mode-converted ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) waves in D(H) tokamak plasmas has been clearly observed for the first time in Alcator C-Mod. Both on- and off-axis (high field side) mode conversion electron heating (MCEH) have been observed. The MCEH profile was obtained from a break in slope analysis of electron temperature signals in the presence of rf (radio frequency) shut-off. The temperature was measured by a 32-channel high spatial resolution (7 mm) 2nd harmonic heterodyne electron cyclotron emission (ECE) system. The experimental profiles were compared with the predictions from a toroidal full-wave ICRF code TORIC. Using the hydrogen concentration measured by a high-resolution optical spectrometer, TORIC predictions were shown qualitatively in agreement with the experimental results for both on- and off-axis MC cases. From the simulations, the electron heating from mode converted ion cyclotron wave (ICW) and ion Bernstein wave (IBW) is examined.
Nuclear Science Abstracts
Title | Nuclear Science Abstracts PDF eBook |
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Pages | 960 |
Release | 1975-11 |
Genre | Nuclear energy |
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Lower Hybrid Resonance Heating in a Hot Electron Plasma
Title | Lower Hybrid Resonance Heating in a Hot Electron Plasma PDF eBook |
Author | Philippe André Raimbault |
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Pages | 386 |
Release | 1973 |
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Observation of Ion Cyclotron Waves in a Hot Plasma
Title | Observation of Ion Cyclotron Waves in a Hot Plasma PDF eBook |
Author | Myron F. Uman |
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Pages | 35 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Cyclotron resonance |
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Effects of Ion Collisions on Quasilinear Heating by the Current-Driven Ion Cyclotron Instability in the High Latitude Ionosphere
Title | Effects of Ion Collisions on Quasilinear Heating by the Current-Driven Ion Cyclotron Instability in the High Latitude Ionosphere PDF eBook |
Author | P. Satyanarayana |
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Pages | 25 |
Release | 1988 |
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Using an effective relaxation time model, the effects of ion-ion and ion-neutral collisions on quasilinear ion heating by the current-driven ion cyclotron instability in the high latitude ionosphere have been studied. For conditions typical of the high latitude lower (200-300 km) F-region ionosphere, it is found that the combined effects of ion-neutral and ion-ion collisions tend to isotropize (S(tet)/T(par) approx. 1) the perpendicular T(per) and parallel S(tet) ion temperatures on time scales on the order of several tens to hundreds of NO+ cyclotron periods for wave amplitudes e(phi)/T sub e = 0.2. Here, phi is the wave electrostatic potential, T(par) the electron temperature (in energy units), e is the electron charge. In addition, for the high latitude upper (600 km) F-region ionosphere it is found that stronger anisotropy (T(per)/T(par)> 3) can be sustained even in the presence of ion collisions with waves with amplitudes e(phi)/T sub e = 0.2. For larger amplitude waves e(phi)/T sub e = 0.4, we find that the heating is weakly anisotropic at low altitudes (200-300 km) and strongly anisotropic at higher (600 km) altitudes. In both wave amplitude regimes (0.2 and 0.4), we find perpendicular ion heating factors about 2-10 for altitudes in the range 300-600km, with the larger perpendicular heating occurring at higher altitudes and larger wave amplitudes. The results are compared with recent rocket and satellite observations in the high latitude ionosphere. Keywords: Ion cyclotron instability; Ion heating. (jhd).