Current profile control and application to advanced tokamak/steady state plasma operations by lower hybrid waves

Ide, Shunsuke

Purazuma, Kaku Yugo Gakkai-Shi, 81(3), p.167 - 170, 2005/03

https://doi.org/10.1585/jspf.81.167

Non-inductive current drive (CD) by radio-frquency waves in the lower hybrid range of frequency (LHRF) is one of most powerful scheme to drive a plasma current and control the current profile of a tokamak plasma externally. This paper reviews recent achievement of CD by LHRF (LHCD) in tokamak experiments with special emphasis on steady state tokamak operation and profile control in an advanced tokamak.