Active diagnostic of the eigenmode formation in the ion-cyclotron frequency range in the GAMMA10 central cell

Yamaguchi Yusuke

Ichimura Makoto

Higaki Hiroyuki

Kakimoto Singo

Nakagome Kenichirou

Nemoto Kenju

Katano Makoto

Nakajima Hajime

Fukuyama Atsushi

Cho Teruji

Review of Scientific Instruments

A wide-band radio-frequency (rf) probe system was constructed for the active diagnostic of the eigenmode formations in the ion-cyclotron range of frequency (ICRF) in GAMMA10. An antenna was installed in the peripheral region in the central cell. The low power rf pulse with the frequency sweep is applied to the antenna. The waves excited in the plasma are detected with a magnetic probe. The excitation of eigenmodes is described by using the antenna-plasma-probe transfer function. The transfer function can be obtained from the antenna current signal and the magnetic probe signal. When the real and imaginary parts of the transfer function are plotted on the complex plane, the resultant curves are approximately circular, indicating an eigenmode formation. The results of the measurement show that several eigenmodes can be excited in the present experimental condition.

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American Institute of Physics

Copyright (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.

[ISSN] 0034-6748

[DOI] 10.1063/1.2219377

[NCID] AA00817730

[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2219377