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I work in the analytical labs at one of Europe’s oldest and largest nuclear sites: Sellafield, in northwestern England. I spend my days at the fume hood front, pipette in one hand and radiation probe in the other (and dosimeter pinned to my chest, of course). Outside the lab, I have a second job: I moonlight as a writer and public speaker. My new popular science book—Going Nuclear: How the Atom Will Save the World—came out last summer, and it feels like my life has been running at full power ever since.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 51 | Number 2 | February 2007 | Pages 328-330
Technical Paper | Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1391
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A numerical analysis is performed with two-dimensional wave code for effective excitation of the m = + 1 fast Alfvén waves in an axisymmetric central cell of GAMMA 10. Plasma production with fast waves depends on the wave excitation in the plasma. Eigenmodes are strongly formed with large amplitude when the boundary conditions are satisfied. As an optimum density for each eigenmode exists discretely, the density is clamped at the value where the eigenmode is strongly formed. For higher density plasma production, formation of eigenmodes should be controlled as the density increases. In this study, pairs of phased antennas are adopted for the effective excitation of eigenmodes. The optimum configuration of antennas and their phase difference are investigated in the present geometry. It is found that the eigenmodes can be effectively excited by controlling the phase difference between a pair of antennas.