Microwave heating and current drive on the MAST Upgrade Tokamak.

对于我的项目，我将在麻省理工大学从事微波电流驱动和加热的工作。微波加热托卡马克等离子体的优点是能够将敏感部件放置在远离反应堆的地方，防止中子轰击造成的损坏。它们还可以用来驱动等离子体中的电流，以产生极向磁场，从而不需要一个大的中心柱。MAST-U最近配备了能够产生微波的回旋管，可以用来加热和驱动等离子体中的电流。我的项目将围绕设计实验来确定实现这些回旋加速器的最佳方式，通过将多个模型的结果与麻省理工大学的诊断数据进行比较。

For my project, I will be working on microwave current drive and heating in MAST-U.Microwave heating of a tokamak plasma has the advantage of being able to position the sensitive components far away from the reactor, preventing damage due to neutron bombardment. They can also be used to drive current in the plasma for the generation of the poloidal magnetic field, removing the need for a large central column.MAST-U has recently been equipped with gyrotrons capable of producing microwaves that could be used to heat and drive a current in the plasma. My project will revolve around designing experiments to determine the best way to implement these gyrotrons to achieve this, by comparing the results of multiple models to diagnostic data from MAST-U.