@article{dbf5a2dbc24f42849095fe55ea33924f,
title = "Recent progress on improving ICRF coupling and reducing RF-specific impurities in ASDEX Upgrade",
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.",
author = "Wei Zhang and Volodymyr Bobkov and Noterdaeme, {Jean Marie} and Wouter Tierens and Diogo Aguiam and Roberto Bilato and David Coster and Laurent Colas and Kristel Cromb{\'e} and Helmut Fuenfgelder and Helmut Faugel and Yuhe Feng and Jonathan Jacquot and Philippe Jacquet and Arne Kallenbach and Ana Kostic and Tilmann Lunt and Riccardo Maggiora and Roman Ochoukov and Antonio Silva and Guillermo Su{\'a}rez and Tuccilo, {Angelo A.} and Onofrio Tudisco and Mariia Usoltceva and {Van Eester}, Dirk and Yongsheng Wang and Qingxi Yang",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 The authors, published by EDP Sciences.; 22nd Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas 2017 ; Conference date: 30-05-2017 Through 02-06-2017",
year = "2017",
month = oct,
day = "23",
doi = "10.1051/epjconf/201715702013",
language = "English",
volume = "157",
journal = "EPJ Web of Conferences",
issn = "2101-6275",
publisher = "EDP Sciences",
}