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Research data for drag currents in the Globus-M spherical tokamak are presented. The currents are generated by injecting atomic beams of hydrogen and deuterium. Experiments were carried out in the hydrogen and deuterium plasma of the tokamak. It has a divertor configuration with a lower X-point, a displacement along the larger radius from–1.0 to–2.5 cm, and a toroidal field of 0.4 T at a plasma current of 0.17–0.23 MA. The beam is injected into the tokamak in the equatorial plane tangentially to the magnetic axis of the plasma filament with an impact diameter of 32 cm. To provide a 28-keV 0.5-MW atomic beam with geometrical sizes of 4 × 20 cm (at a power level of 1/e), an IPM-2 ion source is used. The generation of noninductive currents is detected from a rise in the loop current and a simultaneous dip of the loop voltage. The injection of the hydrogen and deuterium atomic beams into the deuterium plasma results in a noticeable and reproducible dip of the loop voltage (up to 0.5 V). Using the ASTRA transport code, a model is constructed that allows rapid calculation of noninductive currents. Calculations performed for a specific discharge confirm that the model adequately describes the effect of drag current generation.
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Original Russian Text © P.B. Shchegolev, N.N. Bakharev, V.K. Gusev, G.S. Kurskiev, V.B. Minaev, M.I. Patrov, Yu.V. Petrov, N.V. Sakharov, 2015, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2015, Vol. 85, No. 9, pp. 62–66.
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Shchegolev, P.B., Bakharev, N.N., Gusev, V.K. et al. Pioneering experiments on atomic-beam-assisted generation of drag currents in the Globus-M spherical tokamak. Tech. Phys. 60, 1321–1325 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784215090194
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