A finite element approach for ICRF heating calculations in real tokamak plasmas

A variational principle is presented for ICRF heating calculations in real tokamak geometries with the minimum assumptions on the electromagnetic potential field structure. Different regimes for the ratio λ λ c of the parallel scalelength of the field λ and of the parallel scalelength of the resonan...

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Published in:Computer physics communications 1986-05, Vol.40 (1), p.95-98
Main Authors: Edery, D., Picq, H.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:A variational principle is presented for ICRF heating calculations in real tokamak geometries with the minimum assumptions on the electromagnetic potential field structure. Different regimes for the ratio λ λ c of the parallel scalelength of the field λ and of the parallel scalelength of the resonance λ c can be studied. We also present a finite element method for the numerical computation of the field and of the power deposition profiles in the ion cyclotron range of frequencies.
ISSN:0010-4655
1879-2944
DOI:10.1016/0010-4655(86)90150-5