ICRF plasma production in gas mixtures in the Uragan-2M stellarator

• DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2023.113887
• Publication Date: 2023-06-30T09:26:37Z
• Authors: Yu.V. Kovtun; V.E. Moiseenko; A.V. Lozin; M.M. Kozulya; R.O. Pavlichenko; N.V. Zamanov; A.N. Shapoval; V.N. Bondarenko; D.I. Baron; S.M. Maznichenko; V.B. Korovin; E.D. Kramskoy; Y.V. Siusko; V.S. Romanov; Yu.P. Martseniuk; A.Yu. Krasiuk; V.M. Listopad; I.E. Garkusha; A. Alonso; A. Dinklage; D. Hartmann; Ye. Kazakov; H. Laqua; J. Ongena; T. Stange; T. Wauters
• Keywords: Plasma production; Fusion, plasma och rymdfysik; Ion cyclotron heating; Uragan-2M; 0103 physical sciences; 7. Clean energy; RF power; Fusion, Plasma and Space Physics; 01 natural sciences; Stellarator

This paper summarizes previous results and presents new studies on the ICRF plasma creation both in pure gases and gas mixtures. In all the experiments, the two-strap antenna was operated in monopole phasing with applied RF power of ∼100 kW. The research for plasma creation was carried out at RF frequencies near the fundamental hydrogen cyclotron harmonic.