Problems:

• RF tokamak plasma heating in ion cyclotron and lower hybrid frequency range
• Gaining of maximum beta regimes
• Transition into enhanced plasma confinement regimes
• Current drive by RF methods
• Preionization at UHF in tokamaks.

Technical equipment:

• RF generator with output power up to 300 kW and pulse duration up to 20 msec at frequencies 8 - 12 MHz (tokamak TUMAN-3)
• RF generator with output power up to 1000 kW and pulse duration up to 100 msec at frequencies 12 - 50 MHz (spherical tokamak GLOBUS-M)
• RF generator with output power up to 300 kW and pulse duraton up to 20 msec at frequency 915 MHz (tokamak FT-2)

Team:

V.V.Dyachenko, O.N.Shcherbinin, K.A.Podushnikova, M.A.Irzak, S.A.Fefelov, S.Yu.Grachev, V.L.Savitskii, M.M.Larionov

Group leader:

Dr. Valeriy Vasilievich Dyachenko
Fax: (812) 247 5416
Phone: (812) 247 9105