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Anomalous transport and anomalous heating due to lower-hybrid wave fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

M. Krämer ,
N. Sollich  and
J. Dietrich
M. Krämer
Affiliation:
Institut für Experimentalphysik II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Federal Republic ofGermany
N. Sollich
Affiliation:
Institut für Experimentalphysik II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Federal Republic ofGermany
J. Dietrich
Affiliation:
Institut für Experimentalphysik II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Federal Republic ofGermany
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The microscopic and macroscopic behaviours of a linear reflex discharge in the presence of low-frequency turbulence are investigated under the action of moderate lower-hybrid wave power. The frequency and wavenumber spectra of both the low-frequency fluctuations and the high-frequency waves are measured using a correlation-analysis technique with two probes. The low-frequency fluctuations may be attributed to drift-wave turbulence. The fluctuation level is raised when RF power is coupled to the plasma, thus leading to considerably enhanced radial transport. The coupling between low-frequency fluctuations and high-frequency waves can be seen clearly from the spectra. The high-frequency wavenumber spectra measured inside the antenna are in reasonable agreement with the lower-hybrid wave dispersion. However, the wavenumbers observed in the lower-hybrid resonance region outside the antenna are – in contrast with expectation – not larger than in the plasma edge region. From the electric-field energy-density spectra and from measurements of the density and the temperatures, a detailed energy balance can be performed. The calculated heating rates are anomalously large for both the electrons and the ions. The absorption processes, relevant for the present experiment, are discussed.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 39 , Issue 3 , June 1988 , pp. 447 - 474
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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