The first experimental HF heating of plasma at ion cyclotron frequencies in the Globus-M spherical tokamak

Abstract

We present the results of the first experiments on the HF heating of hydrogen-deuterium plasma at ion cyclotron frequencies in the Globus-M spherical tokamak. A power of 200 kW at a frequency of 9.1 MHz introduced via a single-loop antenna led to an increase in the ion temperature from 170 to 300 eV. Characteristic times of the ion temperature buildup and decay corresponded to the ion energy confinement time in the tokamak plasma.