Full-wave 2D modeling of helicons propagation and absorption in the spherical tokamak Globus-M2
Irzak M. A.1, Nechaev S. A.1
1Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
Email: irzak@mail.ioffe.ru, aironbrus13@mail.ru

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Numerical modeling of propagation and absorption of fast waves (helicons) with frequency 200MHz in 2D inhomogeneous plasma of the spherical tokamak Globus-M2 was carried out with 2D full-wave code. Toroidal effects, poloidal magnetic field and the actual shape of the flux surfaces were taken into account. The full wave electric field and RF power absorption profiles were computed by solving plasma wave equation with electron Landau damping term. The modeling demonstrated a fairly high efficiency of helicons absorption in the bulk plasma within a wide range of experimental parameters. The waves propagate to the inner regions of the plasma column and are mainly absorbed there; less than 20% of RF energy returns back to the plasma periphery. Keywords: high temperature plasma, nuclear fusion, tokamak, high frequency plasma waves, helicons, plasma wave equation, full-wave code.
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