Recent progress on improving ICRF coupling and reducing RF-specific impurities in ASDEX Upgrade

Wei Zhang, Volodymyr Bobkov, Jean Marie Noterdaeme, Wouter Tierens, Diogo Aguiam, Roberto Bilato, David Coster, Laurent Colas, Kristel Crombé, Helmut Fuenfgelder, Helmut Faugel, Yuhe Feng, Jonathan Jacquot, Philippe Jacquet, Arne Kallenbach, Ana Kostic, Tilmann Lunt, Riccardo Maggiora, Roman Ochoukov, Antonio SilvaGuillermo Suárez, Angelo A. Tuccilo, Onofrio Tudisco, Mariia Usoltceva, Dirk Van Eester, Yongsheng Wang, Qingxi Yang

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Abstract

The recent scientific research on ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) has greatly advanced solutions to two issues of Radio Frequency (RF) heating in the Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequencies (ICRF): (a) the coupling of ICRF power to the plasma is significantly improved by density tailoring with local gas puffing; (b) the release of RF-specific impurities is significantly reduced by minimizing the RF near field with 3-strap antennas. This paper summarizes the applied methods and reviews the associated achievements.

Original languageEnglish
Article number02013
JournalEPJ Web of Conferences
Volume157
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Oct 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event22nd Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas 2017 - Aix en Provence, France
Duration: 30 May 20172 Jun 2017

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