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Physics Letters A

Volume 85, Issues 6–7, 12 October 1981, Pages 339-341
Physics Letters A

Lower hybrid wave driven current and associated instabilities in the WT-2 tokamak

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Abstract

During rf injection near the lower hybrid frequency, the loop voltage decreases and reverses in a low-density discharge in the WT-2 tokamak, implying that an rf-driven current is produced. The associated ion-cyclotron instability and relaxation oscillation, where voltage spikes, step-like increases in electron-cyclotron emission and X-ray bursts appear, were observed.

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