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First experiments on ICRF discharge generation by a W7-X-like antenna in the Uragan-2M stellarator

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2020

V. E. Moiseenko Open the ORCID record for V. E. Moiseenko [Opens in a new window] ,
Yu. V. Kovtun Open the ORCID record for Yu. V. Kovtun [Opens in a new window] ,
T. Wauters Open the ORCID record for T. Wauters [Opens in a new window] ,
A. Goriaev ,
A. I. Lyssoivan ,
A. V. Lozin Open the ORCID record for A. V. Lozin [Opens in a new window] ,
R. O. Pavlichenko ,
A. N. Shapoval ,
S. M. Maznichenko  and
V. B. Korovin
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V. E. Moiseenko*
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics of the National Science Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Yu. V. Kovtun
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics of the National Science Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
T. Wauters
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Plasma Physics, ERM/KMS, Brussels, Belgium
A. Goriaev
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Plasma Physics, ERM/KMS, Brussels, Belgium
A. I. Lyssoivan
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Plasma Physics, ERM/KMS, Brussels, Belgium
A. V. Lozin
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics of the National Science Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
R. O. Pavlichenko
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics of the National Science Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A. N. Shapoval
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics of the National Science Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
S. M. Maznichenko
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics of the National Science Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
V. B. Korovin
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics of the National Science Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
E. D. Kramskoy
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics of the National Science Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
M. M. Kozulya
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics of the National Science Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
N. V. Zamanov
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics of the National Science Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Y. V. Siusko
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics of the National Science Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A. Yu. Krasiuk
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics of the National Science Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
V. S. Romanov
Affiliation:
Institute of Plasma Physics of the National Science Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine
A. Alonso
Affiliation:
Laboratorio Nacional de Fusion, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain
R. Brakel
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald, Germany
A. Dinklage
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald, Germany
D. Hartmann
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald, Germany
Ye. Kazakov
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Plasma Physics, ERM/KMS, Brussels, Belgium
H. Laqua
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald, Germany
J. Ongena
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Plasma Physics, ERM/KMS, Brussels, Belgium
T. Stange
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald, Germany
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

In support of the ICRF experiments planned on the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator, i.e. fast ion generation, wall conditioning, target plasma production and heating, a first experimental study on plasma production has been made in the Uragan-2M (U-2M) stellarator using W7-X-like two-strap antenna. In all the experiments, antenna monopole phasing was used. The W7-X-like antenna operation with launched radiofrequency power of ~100 kW have been performed in helium (p = (4–14) × 10−2 Pa) with the vacuum vessel walls pre-loaded with hydrogen. Production of plasma with a density higher than 1012 cm−3 was observed near the first harmonic of the hydrogen cyclotron frequency. Operation at first hydrogen harmonic is feasible in W7-X future ICRF experiments.

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fusion plasmaplasma heatingplasma devices
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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 86 , Issue 5 , October 2020 , 905860517
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