Evaluation of electron cyclotron resonace heating properties

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H06836
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Nuclear fusion studies
• Research Institution: National Institute for Fusion Science
• Principal Investigator: Makino Ryohei 核融合科学研究所, ヘリカル研究部, 助教 (00755118)
• Research Collaborator: NISHIURA Masaki 東京大学, 新領域創成科学研究科, 准教授 (60360616)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 核融合 / プラズマ加熱

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is necessary to produce high temperature plasmas which are more than 100 million degrees for magnetic confinement fusion device. To realize the condition for nuclear fusion, high power and high efficiency heating is essential. It is important to evaluate the properties of heating for improvement of heating efficiency and control of heat/particle transport. We developed measurement systems for heating evaluation as follows; (1) improvement of power and polarization monitor for millimeter-wave which is used for electron cyclotron resonance heating, (2) expansion of the the measurement area of the electron cyclotron emission system, (3) development of polarimeter to measure an isotropy in the electron velocity space.

Free Research Field

核融合