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Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating

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This lecture covers the principles of Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (ECRH) for plasma heating and current drive. Topics include wave-particle resonances, ECRH system components like gyrotrons, and examples from TCV tokamak and ITER. The instructor explains the use of ECRH for instability control and compares ECRH with other plasma heating systems.

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Plasma Physics: Applications

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Plasma physics: Fusion power

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Tokamak

A tokamak (ˈtoʊkəmæk; токамáк) is a device which uses a powerful magnetic field to confine plasma in the shape of a torus. The tokamak is one of several types of magnetic confinement devices being developed to produce controlled thermonuclear fusion power. , it was the leading candidate for a practical fusion reactor. Tokamaks were initially conceptualized in the 1950s by Soviet physicists Igor Tamm and Andrei Sakharov, inspired by a letter by Oleg Lavrentiev. The first working tokamak was attributed to the work of Natan Yavlinsky on the T-1 in 1958.

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Plasma stability

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Electron cyclotron resonance

Electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) is a phenomenon observed in plasma physics, condensed matter physics, and accelerator physics. It happens when the frequency of incident radiation coincides with the natural frequency of rotation of electrons in magnetic fields. A free electron in a static and uniform magnetic field will move in a circle due to the Lorentz force. The circular motion may be superimposed with a uniform axial motion, resulting in a helix, or with a uniform motion perpendicular to the field (e.

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