Production of high-density plasmas with high harmonic fast waves in the GAMMA 10 tandem mirror

Author

Ichimura, Makoto ; Cho, Teruji ; Higaki, Hiroyuki ; Hirata, Mafumi ; Hojo, Hitoshi ; Horinouchi, Kentarou ; Ishii, Kameo ; Islam, M.K. ; Itakura, Akiyosi ; Kakimoto, Shingo ; Katanuma, Isao ; Kohagura, Junko ; Nakashima, Yousuke ; Saito, Teruo ; Tatematsu

Author_Institution

Plasma Res. Center, Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan

Volume

32

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

161

Lastpage

166

Abstract

By using high harmonic fast waves (HHFW), the density clamping due to the formation of axial eigenmodes becomes weak in the GAMMA 10 tandem mirror. The excitation of HHFW is confirmed and the transition from the mode with a large axial wave number to the mode with a small wave number is detected. The production of high-energy ions as well as high-density plasmas is observed and the initial ion-temperature dependence of the higher harmonic damping is discussed.

Keywords

magnetic mirrors; plasma density; plasma heating; plasma instability; plasma production; GAMMA 10 tandem mirror; axial eigenmodes; density clamping; harmonic damping; high harmonic fast wave; high-density plasma production; high-energy ion; ion-temperature dependence; wave number; Clamps; Frequency; Heating; Mirrors; Plasma confinement; Plasma density; Plasma devices; Plasma sources; Plasma waves; Production;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2004.823976

Filename

1291616