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Ray trajectories near the electron cyclotron resonance surface in an axisymmetric magnetic trap

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Characteristic features of the propagation of electromagnetic electron cyclotron waves in the vicinity of the electron cyclotron resonance surface are investigated both analytically and numerically with allowance for variation in the magnetic field strength and a corresponding variation in the magnetic field direction. It is demonstrated that variation in the magnetic field direction can qualitatively change the wave propagation pattern and can markedly affect the efficiency of electron cyclotron resonance plasma heating in an axisymmetric magnetic trap.

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  1. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Ul’yanova 46, Nizhni Novgorod, 603950, Russia

    E. D. Gospodchikov & O. B. Smolyakova

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Original Russian Text © E.D. Gospodchikov, O.B. Smolyakova, 2011, published in Fizika Plazmy, 2011, Vol. 37, No. 9, pp. 824–830.

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Gospodchikov, E.D., Smolyakova, O.B. Ray trajectories near the electron cyclotron resonance surface in an axisymmetric magnetic trap. Plasma Phys. Rep. 37, 768–774 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X11080034

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