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Effects of particle trapping on distortion of the distribution function of RF-heated minority ions in a tokamak plasma
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2009
Abstract
The effect of toroidal geometry upon the distribution function of weakly RF-heated minority ions in a tokamak plasma is considered. An analytic scheme to solve the corresponding bounce-averaged Fokker-Planck equation is developed and explicit solutions are given in the limits of high and low velocities. It is found that trapped-particle effects may significantly reduce the RF-induced anisotropy in the distribution function.
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