Efficient generation of energetic ions in multi-ion plasmas by radio-frequency heating

0556782 - ÚFP 2023 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Kazakov, Y. - Markovič, Tomáš - Mlynář, Jan - Papřok, Richard - Petržílka, Václav - Peterka, Matěj - Tomeš, Matěj - Vondráček, Petr - Bílková, Petra - Cahyna, Pavel - Dejarnac, Renaud - Ďuran, Ivan - Ficker, Ondřej - Fuchs, Vladimír - Horáček, Jan - Imríšek, Martin … Total 1277 authors
Efficient generation of energetic ions in multi-ion plasmas by radio-frequency heating.
Nature Physics. Roč. 13, č. 10 (2017), s. 973-978. ISSN 1745-2473. E-ISSN 1745-2481
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 633053 - EUROfusion
Institutional support: RVO:61389021
Keywords : radio-frequency heating * plasma * tokamak
OECD category: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Impact factor: 22.727, year: 2017
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys4167

We describe a new technique for the effcient generation of high-energy ions with electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves in multi-ion plasmas. The discussed 'three-ion' scenarios are especially suited for strong wave absorption by a very low number of resonant ions. To observe this effect, the plasma composition has to be properly adjusted, as prescribed by theory. We demonstrate the potential of the method on the world-largest plasma magnetic confinement device, JET (Joint European Torus, Culham, UK), and the high-magnetic-field tokamak Alcator C-Mod (Cambridge, USA). The obtained results demonstrate effcient acceleration of 3He ions to high energies in dedicated hydrogen-deuterium mixtures. Simultaneously, effective plasma heating is observed, as a result of the slowing-down of the fast 3He ions. The developed technique is not only limited to laboratory plasmas, but can also be applied to explain observations of energetic ions in space-plasma environments, in particular, 3He-rich solar flares.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0330978