Abstract
The ECRH experiment has been carried out on a simple mirror-MM-2 device by use of a 15 GHz high power gyrotron. The experimental results showed that the preionization time will be rapidly shorten following raising the pressure of puffed gas. Duing the "C-mode" operation where the gas pressure is higher, the radial profile of plasma density exhibits a saddle shape. The gas "pressure window" for building a hot electron ring is (0.4-1.2)×10-5 Torr, as the gyrotron output is about 30 kW. Simply by using a movable Langmuire probe accompanied with diamagnetic measurment. it has been determined that the hot electron ring radius is 7 cm, the thickness is about 4 cm and the axial boundary of the ring extends from Z= ±10 cm to Z=±20cm, when the central field is 2.95kg. The hot electron temperature is 140 to 170 keV. The average beta value of hot electron ring is (4-5)%. The radial bursts of electrons due to ring instabilities accompanied with the drops of the diamagnetic signal have also been observed.
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