| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 157, 2017
22 Topical Conference on Radio-Frequency Power in Plasmas
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| Article Number | 02011 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | Invited Papers | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715702011 | |
| Published online | 23 October 2017 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715702011
Antenna to Core: A New Approach to RF Modelling
Plasma Science and Fusion, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
* Corresponding author: jcwright@mit.edu
Published online: 23 October 2017
A new technique for the calculation of RF waves in toroidal geometry enables the simultaneous incorporation of antenna geometry, plasma facing components (PFCs), the scrape off-layer (SOL) and core propagation [Shiraiwa et al, “HIS-TORIC: Extending core ICRF wave simulation to include realistic SOL plasmas”, Nucl. Fusion in press 10 (2017)]. The calculation of antenna coupling has been traditionally performed separately from those of core propagation whereas this method allows them to be combined permitting the modelling of such phenomena as waves reflected from plasma-vacuum boundary or cyclotron resonances back to the antenna. Calculations with this technique also naturally capture wave propagation in the SOL and its interactions with non-conforming PFCs permitting self-consistent calculation of core absorption and edge power loss.
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