Theory of MHD waves
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
- Vol. 28 (1A), 133-145
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/28/1a/012
Abstract
Reviews recent developments in the theory of MHD waves in connection with radio-frequency heating in the Alfven wave and ion cyclotron ranges of frequencies (AWRF, ICRF). The account focuses on the discussion of full wave solutions and the oscillation spectra in bounded, generally inhomogeneous, plasmas. Original results are presented concerning forced ICRF oscillations in a current-carrying torus. The effects on the wave structures of the equilibrium current, the size of the device, the minority concentration and the phenomenological damping are investigated. The resonant surfaces coincide with the magnetic surfaces as in the AWRF. The poloidal extension of the resonance is small in cases where a WKB approach is permitted so that there is no conflict between full wave solutions and the WKB method.Keywords
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