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Session S1: Sherwood Poster Session II (2:00pm - 5:00pm)

2:00 PM, Monday, May 4, 2009
Room: Plaza Exhibit


Abstract ID: BAPS.2009.APR.S1.46

Abstract: S1.00046 : Stabilization of ion temperature gradient driven modes by lower hybrid wave in a tokamak

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Authors:

Animesh Kuley
(Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)

V.K. Tripathi
(Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)

A gyro kinetic formalism has been developed to study lower hybrid wave stabilization of ion temperature gradient (ITG) driven modes, responsible for anomalous ion transport in the inner region of tokamak. The parametric coupling between lower hybrid and drift waves produce lower hybrid sideband waves. The pump and the sidebands exert a ponderomotive force on electrons, modifying the eigen frequency of the drift wave and influencing the growth rate. The longer wavelength drift waves are destabilized by the lower hybrid wave while the shorter wavelengths are suppressed.The requiste lower hybrid power is in the range $\sim$ 900kW at 4.6 GHz.

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