Beam-driven ion-cyclotron modes in the scrape-off layer of a field-reversed configuration

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November 2020 | B.S. Nicks | Nuclear Fusion | Paper

In the scrape-off-layer (SOL) of a field-reversed configuration, neutral beam injection can drive
modes in the vicinity of the ion-cyclotron frequency