https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202327701010
Benchmarking full-wave codes for studying the O-SX mode conversion in MAST Upgrade
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Institute of Interfacial Process Engineering and Plasma Technology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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SUPA, Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.
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Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham, U.K.
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York Plasma Institute, University of York, York, U.K.
* e-mail: koehn@igvp.uni-stuttgart.de
Published online: 23 February 2023
Three full-wave codes for simulating microwave propagation and O-SX mode conversion in magnetized plasma are described and compared. Their feasibility to investigate mode conversion processes and obtain conversion efficiencies for parameters relevant for a potential MAST Upgrade 28 GHz electron Bernstein wave heating scenarios is explored.
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