Highly Qualified Energy Conversion through Advanced Control of Charged Particle Beams and Electromagnetic Waves
Intensive investigations of heating/current drive using high-power microwaves and heat/momentum control using high-energy neutral particle beams are conducted in fusion plasmas. Emphasis is put on studies of interactions between charged particles and electromagnetic fields. Physics and technology related to microwave waves are investigated for plasma heating, current drive, and diagnostics such as radiometer, reflectometer, and interferometer. Utilization of high-energy neutral beams is studied for plasma heating and momentum control to obtain high-performance plasmas. Plasma transport is investigated based on the development of active beam spectroscopy. Computer simulations are extensively applied to all phases of research.
High-power microwave source “Gyrotron”
Neutral beam injection system and active beam spectroscopy
Dynamics of plasma transport
