| Title |
Investigation of the Breakdown and RF Sheath Potential for EAST ICRF Antenna |
| Authors |
- H. Yang, S. Dong, L. Shang, K. Tangpresenter, C.-F. Wu
USTC/NSRL, Hefei, Anhui, People's Republic of China
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| Abstract |
A new ion cyclotron range of frequency (ICRF) antenna was designed with four current straps in Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST). It is to provide heating, current drive and some physics experiments in EAST. The breakdown and RF sheath potential for the antenna are investigated by a three dimension electromagnetic code in the paper. The plasma is simulated by a slab with high relative permittivity approximating the plasma loading of the antenna. Calculations show that the maximum of electric field is around the end of the coaxial feeds and the strip line and the electric field is strongly dependent on antenna phasing. Especially the maximum of electric field is decreased to 27.5 KV/cm with the (0,π,π,0) phasing between toroidal straps while the value is 32.8 KV/cm with (0,0,π,π) phasing. A challenge in ICRF is the impurity contamination which is related to sheath potential. The topology of the radio frequency (RF) sheath is optimized to reduce the potential for EAST ICRF antenna. The RF potential is mitigated obviously with the broader side limiter by a factor of 2.
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| Conference |
IPAC2014, Dresden, Germany |
| Series |
International Particle Accelerator Conference (5th) |
| Proceedings |
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| Session |
Poster Session, Messi Area |
| Date |
16-Jun-14 16:00–18:00 |
| Main Classification |
05 Beam Dynamics and Electromagnetic Fields |
| Sub Classification |
D06 Code Developments and Simulation Techniques |
| Keywords |
plasma, ion, operation, experiment, simulation |
| Publisher |
JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editors |
Christine Petit-Jean-Genaz (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland); Gianluigi Arduini (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland); Peter Michel (HZDR, Dresden, Germany); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) |
| ISBN |
978-3-95450-132-8 |
| Published |
July 2014 |
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