Abstract

A high density (≃1019 m−3) hydrogen plasma has been sustained successfully in axially non-uniform static magnetic field configurations for frequencies both above and below the high density limit of the lower hybrid resonance frequency (LH-HD). Wave field measurements suggest several modes are coupling to generate these helicon plasmas. The dependence of the plasma density on the static magnetic field strength for a fixed geometry can be explained by waves, with wavelength close to the antenna length, that couple to the fundamental radial mode for frequencies below the LH-HD frequency and to the second radial mode for frequencies above the LH-HD frequency.

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