TY - GEN
T1 - Overview of plasma wave studies using the Basic Plasma Science Facility1
AU - Carter, T. A.
AU - Bal, G.
AU - Larson, J.
AU - Compernolle, B. Van
AU - Vincena, S.
AU - Pribyl, P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021/8/9
Y1 - 2021/8/9
N2 - The Basic Plasma Science Facility (BaPSF) at UCLA is a US national user facility for studies of fundamental processes in magnetized plasmas. The centerpiece of the facility is the Large Plasma Device (LAPD), a 20m long, magnetized linear plasma device 1. LAPD has been utilized to study a number of fundamental processes, including: collisionless shocks 2 , dispersion and damping of kinetic and inertial Alfvén waves 3 , compressional Alfvén waves for ion-cyclotron range of frequencies heating 4 , flux ropes and magnetic reconnection 5 , three- wave interactions and parametric instabilities of Alfvén waves 6 , 7 , turbulence and transport 8 and interactions of energetic ions and electrons with plasma waves 9. An overview of research using the facility will be given, followed by a more detailed discussion of recent studies of ion-cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) wave excitation. This work is part of an RF Campaign on LAPD, focusing on a number of fundamental issues related to ICRF wave excitation for heating and current drive in laboratory plasmas, in particular for fusion energy research, but with connections to processes in space plasmas. A high-power (150 kW) RF system and singlestrap antenna have been developed for LAPD, enabling the generation of large amplitude compressional Alfven (or fast) waves.
AB - The Basic Plasma Science Facility (BaPSF) at UCLA is a US national user facility for studies of fundamental processes in magnetized plasmas. The centerpiece of the facility is the Large Plasma Device (LAPD), a 20m long, magnetized linear plasma device 1. LAPD has been utilized to study a number of fundamental processes, including: collisionless shocks 2 , dispersion and damping of kinetic and inertial Alfvén waves 3 , compressional Alfvén waves for ion-cyclotron range of frequencies heating 4 , flux ropes and magnetic reconnection 5 , three- wave interactions and parametric instabilities of Alfvén waves 6 , 7 , turbulence and transport 8 and interactions of energetic ions and electrons with plasma waves 9. An overview of research using the facility will be given, followed by a more detailed discussion of recent studies of ion-cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) wave excitation. This work is part of an RF Campaign on LAPD, focusing on a number of fundamental issues related to ICRF wave excitation for heating and current drive in laboratory plasmas, in particular for fusion energy research, but with connections to processes in space plasmas. A high-power (150 kW) RF system and singlestrap antenna have been developed for LAPD, enabling the generation of large amplitude compressional Alfven (or fast) waves.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICEAA52647.2021.9539578
DO - 10.1109/ICEAA52647.2021.9539578
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85116195261
T3 - 2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2021
SP - 411
BT - 2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 22nd International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2021
Y2 - 9 August 2021 through 13 August 2021
ER -
